CVE-2004-0118

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The component for the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) subsystem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 does not properly validate system structures, which allows local users to access protected kernel memory and execute arbitrary code.

The component for the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) subsystem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 does not properly validate system structures, which allows local users to access protected kernel memory and execute arbitrary code.

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 Windows

First reported 20 years ago

2004-06-01 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:33:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

4.0

References

20040413 EEYE: Windows VDM TIB Local Privilege Escalation

O-114

AD20040413E

Patch, Vendor Advisory

VU#783748

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

10117

TA04-104A

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

MS04-011

win-vdm-gain-privileges(15714)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1512

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1718

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