Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000

CVE-2001-1519

RunAs (runas.exe) in Windows 2000 allows local users to create a spoofed named pipe when the service is stopped, then capture cleartext usernames and passwords when clients connect to the service. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that administrative privileges are already required to exploit it

EPSS: 0.035 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2001-1519?
CVE-2001-1519 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2001-12-31.
Is CVE-2001-1519 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.