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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2000-0222

Original release date:02/15/2000
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The installation for Windows 2000 does not activate the Administrator password until the system has rebooted, which allows remote attackers to connect to the ADMIN$ share without a password until the reboot occurs.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
CVSS v2 Base Score:10.0 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network 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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External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20000215 Windows 2000 installation process weakness
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000215155750.M4500@safe.hsc.fr
External Source: BID
Name: 990
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/990

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0222