CVE-2004-2527 (GCVE-0-2004-2527)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-10-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:29
VLAI
Summary
The local and remote desktop login screens in Microsoft Windows XP before SP2 and 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by repeatedly using the WinKey+"U" key combination, which causes multiple copies of Windows Utility Manager to be loaded more quickly than they can be closed when the copies detect that another instance is running.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010836 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/8368 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Date Public
2004-08-01 00:00
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