CVE-2005-3981 (GCVE-0-2005-3981)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-12-04 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:31 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties. Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, and 2003 allows local users to kill a writable process by using the CreateRemoteThread function with certain arguments on a process that has been opened using the OpenProcess function, possibly involving an invalid address for the start routine. NOTE: followup posts have disputed this issue, saying that if a user already has privileges to write to a process, then other functions could be called or the process could be terminated using PROCESS_TERMINATE
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15671/ | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418289/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418431/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Date Public
2005-12-01 00:00
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