Microsoft Windows 2000 SMTP Service privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Windows 2000. This impacts an unknown function of the component SMTP Service. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0504. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code of the component SMTP Service. 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:

Vulnerability in authentication process for SMTP service in Microsoft Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to use incorrect credentials to gain privileges and conduct activites such as mail relaying.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was disclosed 08/14/2001 by Joao Gouveia with Microsoft as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0504. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 506 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10703 (Microsoft Windows SMTP Incorrect Credentials Authentication Bypass), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74082 (Microsoft Windows 2000 SMTP Improper Authentication Vulnerability (MS01-037)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6803), Tenable (10703), SecurityFocus (BID 2988†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-333†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10703
Nessus Name: Microsoft Windows SMTP Incorrect Credentials Authentication Bypass
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/17/2000 🔍
07/05/2001 +504 days 🔍
07/07/2001 +2 days 🔍
08/14/2001 +38 days 🔍
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12/11/2002 +484 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +4226 days 🔍
10/06/2025 +4109 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Joao Gouveia
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0504 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0504
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17147
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X-Force: 6803 - Microsoft Windows 2000 SMTP service allows mail relaying
SecurityFocus: 2988 - Microsoft Windows 2000 SMTP Improper Authentication Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 333 - [MS01-037] Windows 2000 SMTP Authentication Error, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 17:58
Updated: 10/06/2025 06:55
Changes: 07/07/2014 17:58 (72), 05/06/2019 10:35 (1), 12/30/2024 07:32 (17), 10/06/2025 06:55 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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