Microsoft Windows 2000 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2004-0894. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended 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 some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

lsass (local security authority subsystem service) of windows 2000 server and windows server 2003 does not properly validate connection information which allows local users to gain privileges via a specially-designed program.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was published 01/10/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0894. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1789 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15963 (MS04-044: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel and LSASS (885835)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90201 (Microsoft Windows Local Privilege Escalation (MS04-044)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18391), Exploit-DB (749), Tenable (15963), OSVDB (12376†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6498†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1039 and VDB-1040. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 15963
Nessus Name: MS04-044: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel and LSASS (885835)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/17/2000 🔍
09/22/2004 +1678 days 🔍
12/14/2004 +83 days 🔍
12/15/2004 +1 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +26 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3711 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0894 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0894
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23645

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X-Force: 18391
OSVDB: 12376
Vulnerability Center: 6498 - [MS04-044] Windows Kernel Allows Gaining Elevated Privileges via LSASS, Medium

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

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 08/19/2025 21:15
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (42), 04/07/2017 16:03 (19), 07/01/2021 08:43 (2), 07/01/2021 08:47 (1), 07/07/2025 15:23 (19), 08/19/2025 21:15 (11)
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