CVE-2001-0349

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6664

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-031

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2849

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/587587

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-07-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02682