CVE-2003-0496

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0496
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-08-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-30 14:27:00 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services All sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
A070803-1 ATSTAKE www.atstake.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - #0013 - [VulnWatch] Pipe Filename Local Privilege Escalation FAQ VULNWATCH archives.neohapsis.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'CreateFile exploit, (working)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
'@stake named pipe exploit' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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