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CVE-2001-1518

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

RunAs (runas.exe) in Windows 2000 only creates one session instance at a time, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (RunAs hang) by creating a named pipe session with the authentication server without any request for service. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, however the vendor also presents a scenario in which other users could be affected if running on a Terminal Server. Therefore this is a vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

• http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2001/11/msg00100.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/236113
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7533.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3291
• http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2001/11/msg00100.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/236113
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7533.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3291

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