Microsoft Windows Terminal Server Group Policy Bypass Vulnerability

BID:4464

Info

Microsoft Windows Terminal Server Group Policy Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4464
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0444
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 09 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 11:56AM
Credit: Discovered by [email protected] <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Windows Terminal Server Group Policy Bypass Vulnerability

An issue has been reported in Microsoft Windows Terminal Server, which could allow a user of the service to bypass the group policy setting and access restricted resources.

Reportedly, when per server licensing is set for a specific number of users, and the number of permitted users has been exceeded, a connection to the SYSVOL share to inherit appropriate group policy settings fails. Therefore, legitimate users can peruse various resources on the host with his/her user permissions.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows Terminal Server Group Policy Bypass Vulnerability

No exploit code required.

References

Microsoft Windows Terminal Server Group Policy Bypass Vulnerability

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