Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/Vista/XP PostThreadMessage Privilege Escalation
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/Vista/XP (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. The impact remains unknown.
The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was disclosed 10/02/2003 by Brett Moore with Security-Assessment.com (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securiteam.com. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. Technical details and a public exploit are known.
The exploit is shared for download at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1323 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product.
Further details are available at xforce.iss.net.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Support
- end of life (old version)
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2
VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privilege EscalationCWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: AlternativeStatus: 🔍
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Patch: microsoft.com
Timeline
02/17/2000 🔍10/02/2003 🔍
10/02/2003 🔍
10/03/2003 🔍
10/06/2003 🔍
08/19/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: securiteam.com⛔
Researcher: Brett Moore
Organization: Security-Assessment.com
Status: Not defined
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 8747 - Microsoft Windows PostThreadMessage() Arbitrary Process Killing Vulnerability
Secunia: 9921 - Microsoft Windows Unauthorised Thread Termination, Less Critical
OSVDB: 2642 - Microsoft Windows Unauthorised Thread Termination
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 10/06/2003 14:03Updated: 08/19/2018 20:00
Changes: 10/06/2003 14:03 (65), 08/19/2018 20:00 (2)
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