CVE-2005-2827
The thread termination routine in the kernel for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 (NTOSKRNL.EXE) allows local users to modify kernel memory and execution flow via...
- Published
- Dec 14, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Jan 5, 2006
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 84.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The thread termination routine in the kernel for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 (NTOSKRNL.EXE) allows local users to modify kernel memory and execution flow via steps in which a terminating thread causes Asynchronous Procedure Call (APC) entries to free the wrong data, aka the "Windows Kernel Vulnerability."
Sources
1SoBeIt · windows · Jan 5, 2006
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