CVE-2005-2827

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The thread termination routine in the kernel for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 (NTOSKRNL.EXE) allows local users to modify kernel memory and execution flow via steps in which a terminating thread causes Asynchronous Procedure Call (APC) entries to free the wrong data, aka the "Windows Kernel Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15821
http://secunia.com/advisories/18064
http://secunia.com/advisories/18311
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/252
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015347
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-234.pdf
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051213.html
http://www.osvdb.org/18823
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419377/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15826
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2868
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2909

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