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CVE-2001-1517

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q4/0041.html
• http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2001/11/msg00100.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7531.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3184
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q4/0041.html
• http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2001/11/msg00100.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7531.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3184

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