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CVE-2001-1519

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 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 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

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/236111
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/240136
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7532.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3185
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/236111
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/240136
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7532.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3185

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