CVE-2000-0121 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Recycle Bin utility of Windows NT and Windows 2000. An attacker can create a specially crafted subdirectory within the recycler directory, using a victim's Security Identifier (SID), to read or modify files. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impact limited to confidentiality and integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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