CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0349

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The telnet service in Microsoft Windows 2000 creates named pipes with predictable names and does not properly verify them, allowing local users to execute arbitrary commands.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to run malicious software, posing a significant security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to disable the telnet service or use more secure communication protocols such as SSH.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Microsoft Windows 2000 telnet service creates named pipes with predictable names and does not properly verify them, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating a named pipe with the predictable name and associating a malicious program with it, the first of two variants of this vulnerability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS