National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0210
Original release date:08/06/2004
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The POSIX component of Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via certain parameters, possibly by modifying message length values and causing a buffer overflow.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA04-196A
Name: TA04-196A
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#647436
Name: VU#647436
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: win-posix-bo(16590)
Type: Advisory
External Source: MS
Name: MS04-020
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2847
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2847
Type: Tool Signature
US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2166
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2166
Type: Tool Signature
