CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1238

7.8 HIGH Published 2001-07-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2001-07-16
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-178

Description

Task Manager in Windows 2000 does not allow local users to end processes with uppercase letters named (1) winlogon.exe, (2) csrss.exe, (3) smss.exe and (4) services.exe via the Process tab which could allow local users to install Trojan horses that cannot be stopped with the Task Manager.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-1289 Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input weakness
CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity weakness

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/197195 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3033 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6919 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/197195 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3033 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6919 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry