Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a lsass.exe denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file lsass.exe. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-1122. Attacking locally is a requirement. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a (Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality of the file lsass.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a allows a local user with write access to winnt/system32 to cause a denial of service (crash in lsass.exe) by running the NT4ALL exploit program in SPECIAL mode.

The weakness was published 08/03/2001 by Hypoclear as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-1122. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as functional.

Upgrading to version 2000 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6943), Exploit-DB (21047) and SecurityFocus (BID 3144†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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Access: Public
Status: Functional
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Windows 2000

Timelineinfo

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07/07/2014 +4721 days 🔍
02/01/2025 +3862 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Hypoclear
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-1122 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1122
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17130
X-Force: 6943 - Microsoft Windows NT NT4ALL denial of service
SecurityFocus: 3144 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 NT4ALL DoS Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 17:26
Updated: 02/01/2025 23:07
Changes: 07/07/2014 17:26 (58), 04/07/2017 16:02 (1), 02/01/2025 23:07 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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