IBM Netfinity Remote Control on Win NT Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Netfinity Remote Control on Win NT. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-1999-1414. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM Netfinity Remote Control on Win NT (Remote Access Software) (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Netfinity Remote Control allows local users to gain administrator privileges by starting programs from the process manager, which runs with system level privileges.

The weakness was published 05/25/1999 as not defined posting (NTBugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1414. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19227) and SecurityFocus (BID 284†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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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: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/10/1999 🔍
05/25/1999 +15 days 🔍
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06/20/2014 +5505 days 🔍
01/24/2025 +3871 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1414 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1414
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14665
SecurityFocus: 284 - NT IBM Netfinity Remote Control Software Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 00:33
Updated: 01/24/2025 14:09
Changes: 06/21/2014 00:33 (37), 04/04/2019 14:59 (13), 01/24/2025 14:09 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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