Title: NT "Pass the Hash" with Modified SMB Client Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
A modified SMB client can mount shares on an SMB host by passing the username and corresponding LanMan hash of an account that is authorized to access the host and share. The modified SMB client removes the need for the user to "decrypt" the password hash into its clear-text equivalent.
Paul Ashton <paul@EIGEN.CO.UK> posted the theory and corresponding exploit code to NTBugtraq. In order for his code to work, you must "exist both in /etc/passwd and /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd as the same username and same uid as your rid in NT, and smbclient can read it".
In order for this to be used in a malicious manner, the attacker must first obtain a valid username and LanMan hash for a user account known to have access permissions to the resource on the remote NT host.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
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