Microsoft Windows 2000 Event Viewer memory corruption

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Event Viewer. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2001-0147. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Event Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Windows 2000 event viewer snap-in allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed field that is improperly handled during the detailed view of event records.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was published 05/03/2001 as MS01-013 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0147. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/07/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 441 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more.

Applying the patch MS01-013 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6160) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-920†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Operating System

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• Microsoft

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• Windows

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• 2000

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
• Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

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