Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4.0 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3174. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

microsoft windows 2000 before update rollup 1 for sp4 allows users to log on to the domain even when their password has expired if the fully qualified domain name (fqdn) is 8 characters long.

The issue has been introduced in 08/24/1995. The weakness was released 10/06/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3174. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3696 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-26523, VDB-26522, VDB-26520 and VDB-26519. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/24/1995 🔍
10/06/2005 +3695 days 🔍
10/06/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/06/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3443 days 🔍
07/06/2021 +2309 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: support.microsoft.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26521
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/06/2021 09:13
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (39), 04/07/2017 16:03 (9), 07/06/2021 09:13 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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