CVE-2000-0475 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2000-0475?

CVE-2000-0475 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 13 Oct 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Windows 2000 allows a local user process to access another user's desktop within the same windows station, aka the "Desktop Separation" vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0475?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0475?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0475 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2000-0475 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0475 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jw6j-588w-5rcx.