Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 Right Assignment privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Right Assignment. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-0534. The attack requires a local approach. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should change the configuration settings.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 (Operating System). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Right Assignment. 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:

A Windows NT user has inappropriate rights or privileges, e.g. Act as System, Add Workstation, Backup, Change System Time, Create Pagefile, Create Permanent Object, Create Token Name, Debug, Generate Security Audit, Increase Priority, Increase Quota, Load Driver, Lock Memory, Profile Single Process, Remote Shutdown, Replace Process Token, Restore, System Environment, Take Ownership, or Unsolicited Input.

The weakness was disclosed 01/01/1997. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0534. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (240) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11947†). The entries VDB-13831, VDB-13830, VDB-13828 and VDB-13826 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

01/01/1997 🔍
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06/19/2006 +3456 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +2920 days 🔍
04/16/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0534 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0534
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13827
X-Force: 240
Vulnerability Center: 11947 - User with Generate Security Audits Privilege Detected, Info

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 00:26
Updated: 04/16/2026 13:24
Changes: 06/18/2014 00:26 (51), 04/07/2017 16:02 (6), 04/16/2026 13:24 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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