Vulnerability Name:

CCN-7369

Published:2001-10-26
Updated:2001-10-26
Summary:Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, and XP are vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the CSRSS.EXE service (Windows NT Client Server Run-time Subsystem). A local attacker can execute a program from the command prompt that outputs a string containing special whitespace characters to standard output and cause the system to crash. The system must be restarted to regain normal functionality.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.2 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Oct 26 2001 - 13:35:42 CDT
another fatal bug in NT/2000 "Command Prompt" I/O

Source: CCN
Type: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard's Web site
The CSRSS Backspace Bug in Windows NT 4/2000/XP

Source: CCN
Type: BID-3478
Microsoft Windows NT CSRSS Memory Access Violation Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
win-csrss-dos(7369)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    microsoft windows nt 4.0
    microsoft windows 2000 *
    microsoft windows xp