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CVE-2001-1238

7.8 highEPSS 1.2%

High (7.8) in microsoft windows 2000. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 68% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-178
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

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