MS01-011 / MS01-036: LDAP over SSL Arbitrary User Password Modification (287397 / 299687)

high Nessus Plugin ID 10619

Synopsis

A bug in Windows 2000 may allow an attacker to change the password of a third-party user.

Description

The remote version of Windows 2000 contains a bug in its LDAP implementation that fails to validate the permissions of a user requesting to change the password of a third-party user.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the remote host.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2001/ms01-011

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2001/ms01-036

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 10619

File Name: smb_nt_ms01-011.nasl

Version: 1.50

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/21/2001

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0502

BID: 2929

MSFT: MS01-011, MS01-036

MSKB: 299687