{"cve":"CVE-2005-3981","nvd":{"published":"2005-12-04T11:03:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:00.250","status":"Modified","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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418289/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418431/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15671/","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418289/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418431/100/0/threaded"],"products":["microsoft:windows_2000","microsoft:windows_2003_server","microsoft:windows_xp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:40:09.211843075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-3981","score":0.03648,"percentile":0.89594,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}