RunAs (runas.exe) in Windows 2000 stores cleartext authentication information in memory, which could allow attackers to obtain usernames and passwords by executing a process that is allocated the same memory page after termination of a RunAs command. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that administrative privileges are already required to exploit it, and the original researcher did not respond to requests for additional information
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Summary | RunAs (runas.exe) in Windows 2000 stores cleartext authentication information in memory, which could allow attackers to obtain usernames and passwords by executing a process that is allocated the same memory page after termination of a RunAs command. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that administrative privileges are already required to exploit it, and the original researcher did not respond to requests for additional information |
Information
Published : 2001-12-31 05:00
Updated : 2024-08-08 05:15
NVD link : CVE-2001-1517
Mitre link : CVE-2001-1517
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2001-1517
JSON object : View
Products Affected
microsoft
- windows_2000
CWE