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CVE-2001-1571

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Remote Desktop client in Windows XP sends the most recent user account name in cleartext, which could allow remote attackers to obtain terminal server user account names via sniffing.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0213.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7732.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3720
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-12/0213.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7732.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3720

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