Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 NTMail privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component NTMail. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-0819. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component NTMail. 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, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NTMail does not disable the VRFY command, even if the administrator has explicitly disabled it.

The weakness was released 12/01/1999 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0819. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10167 (NTMail3 Arbitrary Mail Relay), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3719), Exploit-DB (23264), Tenable (10167) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-15008. 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: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10167
Nessus Name: NTMail3 Arbitrary Mail Relay
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/22/1999 🔍
12/01/1999 +162 days 🔍
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10/08/2002 +1042 days 🔍
06/22/2014 +4275 days 🔍
12/21/2024 +3835 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0819 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0819
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15011
X-Force: 3719
Vulnerability Center: 32 - NTMail VRFY Command Enabled, Medium

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

Created: 06/22/2014 15:16
Updated: 12/21/2024 14:08
Changes: 06/22/2014 15:16 (56), 05/04/2019 17:24 (8), 12/21/2024 14:08 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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