Monthly Archive: May 2001

Network Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) in Windows 2000 allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges via a "WM_COPYDATA" message to an invisible window that is running with the privileges of the WINLOGON process. Date...

Remote Data Protocol (RDP) in Windows 2000 Terminal Service does not properly handle certain malformed packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, aka the "Invalid RDP Data" vulnerability. Date published...

Format string vulnerability in nslookupComplain function in BIND 4 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges. Date published : 2001-05-07 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2309 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-02.html

BIND 4 and BIND 8 allow remote attackers to access sensitive information such as environment variables. Date published : 2001-05-07 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2321 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-02.html

Buffer overflow in nslookupComplain function in BIND 4 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges. Date published : 2001-05-07 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2307 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-02.html

Buffer overflow in transaction signature (TSIG) handling code in BIND 8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges. Date published : 2001-05-07 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2302 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-02.html

Directory traversal vulnerability in Lotus Domino 5.0.5 web server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. attack. Date published : 2001-05-07 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2173 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/154537

Backdoor account in Interbase database server allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files using stored procedures. Date published : 2001-05-07 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2192 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-01.html

The Winsock2ProtocolCatalogMutex mutex in Windows NT 4.0 has inappropriate Everyone/Full Control permissions, which allows local users to modify the permissions to "No Access" and disable Winsock network connectivity to cause a denial of service,...

Buffer overflow in the parsing mechanism of the file loader in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Date published : 2001-05-07 http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a012301-1.txt https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-002

Web Extender Client (WEC) in Microsoft Office 2000, Windows 2000, and Windows Me does not properly process Internet Explorer security settings for NTLM authentication, which allows attackers to obtain NTLM credentials and possibly obtain...

Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the physical location of cached content and open the content in the Local Computer Zone, then use compiled HTML help (.chm) files to execute...