CVE-2005-3981
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
Published:Dec 4, 2005
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Dec 4, 2005
EPSS Score:0.00683
CVSS Score:4.9
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 2000
Microsoft
Windows 2000
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 2003 Server
Microsoft
Windows 2003 Server
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Xp
Microsoft
Windows Xp
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
