Microsoft Windows 2000 Authentication runas.exe Memory information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file runas.exe of the component Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Memory). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

** DISPUTED ** RunAs (runas.exe) in Windows 2000 stores cleartext authentication information in memory, which could allow attackers to obtain usernames and passwords by executing a process that is allocated the same memory page after termination of a RunAs command. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that administrative privileges are already required to exploit it, and the original researcher did not respond to requests for additional information.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was released 12/31/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-1517 since 07/14/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 683 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (7531). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 17838, 17837 and 17834.

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Name: Memory
Class: Information disclosure / Memory
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

02/17/2000 🔍
11/12/2001 +634 days 🔍
12/31/2001 +49 days 🔍
12/31/2001 +0 days 🔍
07/14/2005 +1291 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3284 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +1001 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-1517 (🔍)
X-Force: 7531
SecurityFocus: 3184 - Microsoft Windows 2000 RunAs User Credentials Exposure Vulnerability

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Created: 07/11/2014 13:28
Updated: 04/07/2017 16:03
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:28 (56), 04/07/2017 16:03 (4)
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