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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2004-2527

The local and remote desktop login screens in Microsoft Windows XP before SP2 and 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by repeatedly using the WinKey+"U" key combination, which causes multiple copies of…

MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 1.73%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.73%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The local and remote desktop login screens in Microsoft Windows XP before SP2 and 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by repeatedly using the WinKey+"U" key combination, which causes multiple copies of Windows Utility Manager to be loaded more quickly than they can be closed when the copies detect that another instance is running.

CVSS 2.0
5.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
1.73% probability · 76th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.