4.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2005-3981

Published: 04/12/2005 Updated: 11/04/2024
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 495
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties. Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, and 2003 allows local users to kill a writable process by using the CreateRemoteThread function with certain arguments on a process that has been opened using the OpenProcess function, possibly involving an invalid address for the start routine. NOTE: followup posts have disputed this issue, saying that if a user already has privileges to write to a process, then other functions could be called or the process could be terminated using PROCESS_TERMINATE

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microsoft windows xp

microsoft windows 2003 server web

microsoft windows 2003 server enterprise

microsoft windows 2000

microsoft windows 2003 server r2

microsoft windows 2003 server standard

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/15671/info Microsoft Windows is prone to a local denial of service vulnerability This issue can allow an attacker to trigger a system wide denial of service condition or terminate arbitrary processes Reports indicate that a process can call the 'CreateRemoteThread' function to trigger this issue It was ...