Microsoft Windows 2000 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Windows 2000. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-0540. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Windows 2000, when running in a domain whose Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is exactly 8 characters long, does not prevent users with expired passwords from logging on to the domain.

The bug was discovered 06/01/2004. The weakness was presented 06/01/2004 by Albatross as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0540 since 06/04/2004. 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 vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1566 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 15701. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31455.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16276), SecurityFocus (BID 10440†), OSVDB (6515†), Secunia (SA11746†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40938†). heise.de is providing further details. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: support.microsoft.com

Snort ID: 15701
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Timelineinfo

02/17/2000 🔍
05/31/2004 +1565 days 🔍
05/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2004 +1 days 🔍
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06/04/2004 +2 days 🔍
08/06/2004 +63 days 🔍
08/08/2013 +3289 days 🔍
06/28/2019 +2150 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Albatross
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0540 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0540
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-683
X-Force: 16276
SecurityFocus: 10440 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Domain Expired Account Security Policy Violation Weakness
Secunia: 11746 - Windows 2000 Expired Password Domain Authentication Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 6515 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Domain Expired Account Authentication
Vulnerability Center: 40938 - Microsoft Windows 2000 in 8 Chars Long FQDN Domain Allows Logging In With an Expired Password, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2004 14:32
Updated: 06/28/2019 15:45
Changes: 06/01/2004 14:32 (79), 06/28/2019 15:45 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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