Microsoft Windows 2000/ME Accessibility Utility Manager privileges management
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/ME (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Accessibility Utility 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 control for listing accessibility options in the Accessibility Utility Manager on Windows 2000 (ListView) does not properly handle Windows messages, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a "Shatter" style message to the Utility Manager that references a user-controlled callback function.
The weakness was shared 08/18/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ngssoftware.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0350. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11789 (MS03-025: Flaw in Windows Message Handling through Utility Manager Could Enable Privilege Elevation (822679)), 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.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12543) and Tenable (11789).
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Nessus ID: 11789
Nessus Name: MS03-025: Flaw in Windows Message Handling through Utility Manager Could Enable Privilege Elevation (822679)
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Timeline
05/28/2003 🔍07/13/2003 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: ngssoftware.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2003-0350 (🔍)
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X-Force: 12543
Vulnerability Center: 1412 - [MS03-025] Windows 2000 Accessibility Utility Manager Allows Local Execution of Arbitrary Code, Medium
SecurityFocus: 8154
Entry
Created: 08/14/2014 18:35Updated: 06/29/2021 07:25
Changes: 08/14/2014 18:35 (39), 04/07/2017 16:03 (22), 06/29/2021 07:20 (2), 06/29/2021 07:25 (1)
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