CVE-2000-0737 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2000-0737?

CVE-2000-0737 is a medium-severity 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

The Service Control Manager (SCM) in Windows 2000 creates predictable named pipes, which allows a local user with console access to gain administrator privileges, aka the "Service Control Manager Named Pipe Impersonation" vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0737?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0737?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0737 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2000-0737 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0737 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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-8vx4-2p49-2m5m.