CVE-2001-1347 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can cause denial of service and potentially escalate privileges by exploiting hardware breakpoint handling in Windows 2000.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-1347?
CVE-2001-1347 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows 2000 allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges by setting a hardware breakpoint that is handled using global debug registers, which could cause other processes to terminate due to an exception, and allow hijacking of resources such as named pipes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1347?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1347?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1347 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2001-1347 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1347 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r82g-mccm-57gx.