Microsoft Windows 2000 RPC denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft Windows 2000. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component RPC Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2000-0771. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component RPC Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Windows 2000 allows local users to cause a denial of service by corrupting the local security policy via malformed RPC traffic, aka the "Local Security Policy Corruption" vulnerability.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was presented 10/20/2000 with Microsoft as MS00-062 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0771. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 195 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10499 (MS00-062: Local Security Policy Corruption (269609)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Applying the patch SP1 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5171), Tenable (10499), SecurityFocus (BID 1613†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-178†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
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VulDB Base Score: 3.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 10499
Nessus Name: MS00-062: Local Security Policy Corruption (269609)
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: SP1

Timelineinfo

02/17/2000 🔍
08/28/2000 +193 days 🔍
08/30/2000 +2 days 🔍
10/20/2000 +51 days 🔍
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10/22/2002 +732 days 🔍
06/27/2014 +4266 days 🔍
06/25/2021 +2555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS00-062
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0771 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0771
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15913
X-Force: 5171
SecurityFocus: 1613
Vulnerability Center: 178 - [MS00-062] Win2000 LSP Policy Corruption, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 17:38
Updated: 06/25/2021 08:49
Changes: 06/27/2014 17:38 (46), 04/07/2017 16:02 (23), 06/25/2021 08:49 (2)
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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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