VDB-17834 · CVE-2001-1515 · BID 3479

Microsoft Windows 2000 NTFS privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Windows 2000. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component NTFS Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-1515. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component NTFS Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

Macintosh clients, when using NT file system volumes on Windows 2000 SP1, create subdirectories and automatically modify the inherited NTFS permissions, which may cause the directories to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was shared 12/31/2001 (Website). The advisory is available at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1515 since 07/14/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 683 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 3479†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1002626†). The entries VDB-17838, VDB-17837 and VDB-17836 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

02/17/2000 🔍
09/30/2001 +591 days 🔍
10/23/2001 +23 days 🔍
12/31/2001 +69 days 🔍
12/31/2001 +0 days 🔍
07/14/2005 +1291 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3284 days 🔍
04/14/2019 +1738 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-1515 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1515
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17834
SecurityFocus: 3479 - Microsoft Windows 2000 NTFS With Macintosh Client Directory Permission Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1002626

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:27
Updated: 04/14/2019 16:23
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:27 (43), 04/14/2019 16:23 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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