CVE-2001-1570 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can lock out other user accounts by repeatedly switching to their own account when fast user switching and lockout are enabled.
- 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-2001-1570?
CVE-2001-1570 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp, published on 14 Jul 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows XP with fast user switching and account lockout enabled allows local users to deny user account access by setting the fast user switch to the same user (self) multiple times, which causes other accounts to be locked out.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1570?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1570?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1570 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-1570 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1570 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Xp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h9x3-65r9-22v7.