VDB-15323 · CVE-2000-0197 · BID 1050

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Scheduler privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Scheduler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2000-0197. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Scheduler. 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:

The Windows NT scheduler uses the drive mapping of the interactive user who is currently logged onto the system, which allows the local user to gain privileges by providing a Trojan horse batch file in place of the original batch file.

The weakness was presented 02/14/2000 as not defined posting (NTBugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0197. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2000 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 1050†). See VDB-15325 for similar entry. 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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Windows 2000

Timelineinfo

02/14/2000 🔍
02/14/2000 +0 days 🔍
03/14/2000 +29 days 🔍
06/23/2014 +5214 days 🔍
10/08/2020 +2299 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Posted to NTBugtraq on March 14, 2000 by Shawn Wright .
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0197 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0197
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15323
SecurityFocus: 1050 - NT Automated Tasks / Drive Mappings Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2014 17:35
Updated: 10/08/2020 07:54
Changes: 06/23/2014 17:35 (40), 04/07/2017 16:02 (14), 10/08/2020 07:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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