Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Service privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows 2000. Affected is an unknown function of the component Terminal Service. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-1749. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Terminal Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Windows 2000 Terminal Services, when using the disconnect feature of the client, does not properly lock itself if it is left idle until the screen saver activates and the user disconnects, which could allow attackers to gain administrator privileges.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ntbugtraq.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1749. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1048 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 X-Force (8199) and SecurityFocus (BID 4095†). 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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