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
EPSS: 0.021 (80.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows_2000
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_VULNWATCH, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
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.