CVE-2000-0197 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT. The Windows NT scheduler, when executing tasks, uses the drive mappings of the currently logged-on interactive user. This allows a local attacker to substitute a legitimate batch file with a malicious "Trojan horse" batch file, thereby gaining elevated privileges. While rated Medium severity (CVSS 4.6) due to requiring local access and low attack complexity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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