Cleartext Authentication Information Storage Vulnerability in Windows 2000 RunAs

CVE-2001-1517 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

RunAs (runas.exe) in Windows 2000 stores cleartext authentication information in memory, which could allow attackers to obtain usernames and passwords by executing a process that is allocated the same memory page after termination of a RunAs command. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that administrative privileges are already required to exploit it, and the original researcher did not respond to requests for additional information

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