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NOTE: followup posts have disputed this issue, saying that if a user already has privileges to write to a process, then other functions could be called or the process could be terminated using PROCESS_TERMINATE","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":4.9,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.03648,"percentile":0.8967,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"published":"2005-12-04T11:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:00Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-26690","title":"Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003 - CreateRemoteThread Local Denial of Service","type":"dos","platform":"windows","date":"2005-12-01","verified":true,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26690"}],"products":[{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"windows_2000"},{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"windows_2003_server"},{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"windows_xp"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15671/","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Exploit"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418289/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418431/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3981"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15671"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q98m-jc54-9j83"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2005-3981","description":"NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties.  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NOTE: followup posts have disputed this issue, saying that if a user already has privileges to write to a process, then other functions could be called or the process could be terminated using PROCESS_TERMINATE","status":"published","published":"2005-12-04T11:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T23:31:49Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:15:24.155852Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-q98m-jc54-9j83","title":"** DISPUTED **  NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties.  Microsoft Windows XP, 2000,...","description":"** DISPUTED **  NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties.  Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, and 2003 allows local users to kill a writable process by using the CreateRemoteThread function with certain arguments on a process that has been opened using the OpenProcess function, possibly involving an invalid address for the start routine. NOTE: followup posts have disputed this issue, saying that if a user already has privileges to write to a process, then other functions could be called or the process could be terminated using PROCESS_TERMINATE.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T02:23:07Z","modified":"2024-03-30T05:01:14Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:55:44.111751Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2005-3981","description":"NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties.  Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, and 2003 allows local users to kill a writable process by using the CreateRemoteThread function with certain arguments on a process that has been opened using the OpenProcess function, possibly involving an invalid address for the start routine. NOTE: followup posts have disputed this issue, saying that if a user already has privileges to write to a process, then other functions could be called or the process could be terminated using PROCESS_TERMINATE","status":"disputed","published":"2005-12-04T11:03:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:00.25Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":4.9,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:00:57.944899Z"}]}}