Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2001-1519
CVE-2001-1519
Description
RunAs (runas.exe) in Windows 2000 allows local users to create a spoofed named pipe when the service is stopped, then capture cleartext usernames and passwords when clients connect to the service. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that administrative privileges are already required to exploit it
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2- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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