CVE-2003-0496

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Microsoft SQL Server before Windows 2000 SP4 allows local users to gain privileges as the SQL Server user by calling the xp_fileexist extended stored procedure with a named pipe as an argument instead of a normal file.

Microsoft SQL Server before Windows 2000 SP4 allows local users to gain privileges as the SQL Server user by calling the xp_fileexist extended stored procedure with a named pipe as an argument instead of a normal file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 21 years ago

2003-08-18 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2019-04-30 14:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft windows 2000_sp1

Microsoft windows 2000_sp2

Microsoft windows 2000_sp3

Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services

Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services Service Pack 1

Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services Service Pack 3

References

20030709 Pipe Filename Local Privilege Escalation FAQ

Patch, Vendor Advisory

20030714 @stake named pipe exploit

20030715 CreateFile exploit, (working)

A070803-1

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

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