CVE-2000-0933 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2000-0933?

CVE-2000-0933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 22 Jan 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Input Method Editor (IME) in the Simplified Chinese version of Windows 2000 does not disable access to privileged functionality that should normally be restricted, which allows local users to gain privileges, aka the "Simplified Chinese IME State Recognition" vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0933?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0933?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0933 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2000-0933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0933 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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