Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2001-1517
RunAs (runas.exe) in Windows 2000 stores cleartext authentication information in memory, which could allow attackers to obtain usernames and passwords by executing a process that is allocated the same memory page after termination of a RunAs command. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that administrative privileges are already required to exploit it, and the original researcher did not respond to requests for additional information
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (81.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3184 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q4/0041.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2001/11/msg00100.html (mailing-list)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/7531.php (Patch, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2001-1517?
- CVE-2001-1517 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2001-12-31.
- Is CVE-2001-1517 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.