Microsoft Windows privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (version now known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. 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 bug was discovered 10/12/2004. The weakness was presented 10/12/2004 by Derek Soeder (DiGiT) with eEye as MS04-032 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0208 since 03/11/2004. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is shared for download at eeye.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15457 (MS04-032: Security Update for Microsoft Windows (840987)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.

Applying the patch MS04-032 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17658) and Tenable (15457). Further details are available at eeye.com. See 886, 889 and 890 for similar entries.

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

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Nessus ID: 15457
Nessus Name: MS04-032: Security Update for Microsoft Windows (840987)
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Patch: MS04-032

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS04-032
Researcher: Derek Soeder (DiGiT)
Organization: eEye
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0208 (🔍)
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X-Force: 17658
Vulnerability Center: 5555 - [MS04-032] Microsoft Windows Virtual DOS Machine Component Local Privilege Elevation, Medium
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 11369 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Virtual DOS Machine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 12804 - Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 10691 - Microsoft - Windows - Kernel Virtual DOS Machine Privilege Escalation Issue

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Created: 10/13/2004 14:14
Updated: 03/10/2021 06:28
Changes: 10/13/2004 14:14 (89), 06/29/2019 16:11 (4), 03/10/2021 06:28 (2)
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