CVE-2005-3981

Medium

Description

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

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedDec 4, 2005
First seenDec 4, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_2000No range specified—
microsoft windows_2003_serverenterprise, r2, standard, web—
microsoft windows_xpNo range specified—

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