MS02-003: WinReg Remote Registry Key Manipulation (316056)

The key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\winreg is writeable by non-administrators. The installation software of Microsoft Exchange sets this key to a world-writeable mode. Local users could use this misconfiguration to escalate their privileges on this host. C Tenable...

CVE-2002-1117

Veritas Backup Exec 8.5 and earlier requires that the "RestrictAnonymous" registry key for Microsoft Exchange 2000 must be set to 0, which enables anonymous listing of the SAM database and shares...

Microsoft Windows SMB Registry : XP Service Pack Detection

Nessus was able to determine the Service Pack version of the Windows XP system by reading the following registry key : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CSDVersion This script was written by Georges Dagousset Modified by David Maciejak to add check for Service Pack 2 See the Nessu...

Microsoft SQL Server service account registry key has weak permissions that permit privilege escalation

Overview The Microsoft SQL Server contains a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with system privileges. Description The Microsoft SQL Server typically runs under a dedicated "service account" that is defined by system administrators at installation time. This...

CVE-2002-0642

The registry key containing the SQL Server service account information in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, including Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine MSDE 2000, has insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges, aka "Incorrect Permission on SQL Server Service Account Registry Key...

CVE-2002-0345

Symantec Ghost 7.0 stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in the NGServer\params registry key, which could allow an attacker to gain privileges...

CVE-2002-0214

Compaq Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B LAN USB Device Driver 1.5.16.0 through 1.5.18.0 stores the 128-bit WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy key in plaintext in a registry key with weak permissions, which allows local users to decrypt network traffic by reading the WEP key from the registry key...

CVE-2001-1005

CVE-2001-1005 affects Starfish Truesync Desktop 2.0b used on the REX 5000 PDA. The underlying issue is weak encryption used to store the user password in a registry key, enabling an attacker with registry access to decrypt the password and gain privileges. NVD lists CVSSv2 base score 7.5 (HIGH) w...

CVE-2001-1005

Starfish Truesync Desktop 2.0b as used on the REX 5000 PDA uses weak encryption to store the user password in a registry key, which allows attackers who have access to the registry key to decrypt the password and gain privileges...

Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) ship with a null default password

Overview Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Data Engine ship with a null default password on the administrative account sa. If the system administrator does not set the password, the system may be vulnerable to attack. Description Microsoft SQL Server MS SQL and Microsoft Data Engine MSDE ship...

CVE-1999-1170

IPswitch IMail allows local users to gain additional privileges and modify or add mail accounts by setting the "flags" registry key to 1920...

CVE-1999-1170

IPswitch IMail vulnerability enables local privilege escalation by setting the registry key flags to 1920. The issue allows a local user to gain additional privileges and modify or add mail accounts, by manipulating the flags value in the registry. Affected versions are not specified in the provi...

CVE-1999-1323

Norton AntiVirus for Internet Email Gateways NAVIEG 1.0.1.7 and earlier, and Norton AntiVirus for MS Exchange NAVMSE 1.5 and earlier, store the administrator password in cleartext in 1 the navieg.ini file for NAVIEG, and 2 the ModifyPassword registry key in NAVMSE...

CVE-1999-1171

IPswitch WSFTP allows local users to gain additional privileges and modify or add mail accounts by setting the "flags" registry key to 1920...

CVE-1999-1171

IPswitch WS_FTP contains a local privilege escalation flaw: by setting the flags registry key to 1920, a local user can gain additional privileges and modify or add mail accounts. The PT-1999-1600 entry confirms this issue but does not specify affected versions, and the original CVE description m...

CVE-2000-1164

The CVE-2000-1164 issue affects WinVNC, specifically the WinVNC3 registry key HKLM\Software\ORL\WinVNC3. The root cause is weak permissions that grant read/modify access to the Everybody group (and in some contexts to non-admin users), allowing extraction or alteration of the VNC password and oth...

CVE-2000-1164

WinVNC installs the WinVNC3 registry key with permissions that give Special Access read and modify to the Everybody group, which allows users to read and modify sensitive information such as passwords and gain access to the system...

CVE-2000-0650

The default installation of VirusScan 4.5 and NetShield 4.5 has insecure permissions for the registry key that identifies the AutoUpgrade directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by replacing SETUP.EXE in that directory with a Trojan Horse...

CVE-2001-0168

Buffer overflow in AT&T WinVNC Virtual Network Computing server 3.3.3r7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long HTTP GET request when the DebugLevel registry key is greater than 0...

CVE-2001-0315

CVE-2001-0315 affects mIRC 5.7. The vulnerability arises from the locking feature, where local users can bypass the password mechanism by modifying the LockOptions registry key. Exploitation requires local access; the CVSS base score is 7.5 (HIGH) with partial impacts to confidentiality, integrit...