Microsoft Windows 2000 Unattended Install privileges management
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Unattended Install Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The unattended installation of Windows 2000 with the OEMPreinstall option sets insecure permissions for the All Users and Default Users directories.
The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was disclosed 04/07/2000 as not defined posting (NTBugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0298. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 50 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (4278).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Timeline
02/17/2000 🔍04/07/2000 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Posted to NTBugtraq on April 7, 2000 by Frank Monroe
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2000-0298 (🔍)
X-Force: 4278
SecurityFocus: 1758 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Unattended Install OEMPreinstall Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 06/24/2014 11:01Updated: 10/08/2020 17:41
Changes: 06/24/2014 11:01 (42), 04/07/2017 16:03 (14), 10/08/2020 17:41 (1)
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