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Sid
4769

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in windows_2000.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Buffer overflow in the RPC Locator service for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an RPC call to the service containing certain parameter information.

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Affected Systems:
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 
microsoft windows_2000 

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:


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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2003-0003:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2003-0003

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