Microsoft Windows up to XP Registry Audit Policy privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to XP. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Registry Audit Policy. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0578. Local access is required to approach this attack. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to update the configuration settings.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows up to XP (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Registry Audit Policy. 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 summary by CVE is:

A Windows NT system s registry audit policy does not log an event success or failure for security-critical registry keys.

The weakness was disclosed 01/01/1999. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0578. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (228) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4076†). The entries VDB-13833, VDB-14356 and VDB-14358 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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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: Highly functional

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Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

01/01/1999 🔍
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03/31/2004 +1916 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +3732 days 🔍
04/07/2017 +1023 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14357
X-Force: 228
Vulnerability Center: 4076 - Windows NT System\x27s Registry Audit Policy, Info

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 00:56
Updated: 04/07/2017 16:02
Changes: 06/20/2014 00:56 (40), 04/07/2017 16:02 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:F81:103

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