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Windows 2000 Utility Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9224
Release Date: 2003-07-09
Popularity: 10,271 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Windows 2000, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges on a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a validation error in the way the Utility Manager handles Windows messages. This can be exploited by running a specially crafted program, which sends a special Windows message to the Utility Manager allowing arbitrary code to be run with escalated privileges.

Successful exploitation grants Local System privileges to the malicious user.

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