Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Control Manager privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component Service Control Manager. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Service Control Manager (SCM) in Windows 2000 creates predictable named pipes, which allows a local user with console access to gain administrator privileges, aka the "Service Control Manager Named Pipe Impersonation" vulnerability.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was shared 10/20/2000 with Microsoft as MS00-053 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0737. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 168 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10485 (MS00-053: Service Control Manager Named Pipe Impersonation patch (269523)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS00-053 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5031) and Tenable (10485).

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 10485
Nessus Name: MS00-053: Service Control Manager Named Pipe Impersonation patch (269523)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS00-053

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08/01/2000 +166 days 🔍
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10/20/2000 +78 days 🔍
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS00-053
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0737 (🔍)
X-Force: 5031
Vulnerability Center: 176 - [MS00-053] SCM Named Pipe Impersonation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 1535

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 06/27/2014 15:19
Updated: 06/25/2021 08:45
Changes: 06/27/2014 15:19 (49), 04/07/2017 16:02 (23), 06/25/2021 08:45 (2)
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