Microsoft Windows 2000 Domain Account Lockout privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Domain Account Lockout Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Microsoft Windows 2000 before Service Pack 2 (SP2), when running in a non-Windows 2000 domain and using NTLM authentication, and when credentials of an account are locally cached, allows local users to bypass account lockout policies and make an unlimited number of login attempts, aka the "Domain Account Lockout" vulnerability.
The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was released 11/21/2000 with Microsoft as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-1217 since 04/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/30/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 278 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10555 (MS00-089: Domain Account Lockout Vulnerability (274372)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.
Applying the patch SP2 is able to eliminate this problem.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5585), Tenable (10555), SecurityFocus (BID 1973†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1470†).
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 10555
Nessus Name: MS00-089: Domain Account Lockout Vulnerability (274372)
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Patch: SP2
Timeline
01/01/2000 🔍02/17/2000 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2000-1217 (🔍)
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X-Force: 5585
SecurityFocus: 1973 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Domain Account Lockout Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1470 - [MS00-089] Microsoft Windows 2000 Enables Bypassing of the Domain Account Lockout Policy, Medium
Entry
Created: 06/30/2014 04:18 PMUpdated: 12/30/2024 07:32 AM
Changes: 06/30/2014 04:18 PM (45), 04/07/2017 04:03 PM (25), 12/30/2024 07:32 AM (16)
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