Microsoft Windows Act as Part of the Operating System Privilege privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Act as Part of the Operating System Privilege. 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.

The weakness was shared 01/01/1999. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is 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 02/11/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (238). The entries 88188, 88187, 88186 and 88185 are related to this item.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Config
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06/28/2016 +4873 days 🔍
02/11/2019 +958 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Status: Not defined
X-Force: 238
Vulnerability Center: 1022 - User with Act as Part of the Operating System Privilege Detected, Info

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2016 13:07
Updated: 02/11/2019 13:49
Changes: 06/28/2016 13:07 (35), 02/11/2019 13:49 (8)
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