CVE-2001-1571

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Remote Desktop client in Windows XP sends the most recent user account name in cleartext, which could allow remote attackers to obtain terminal server user account names via sniffing.

The Remote Desktop client in Windows XP sends the most recent user account name in cleartext, which could allow remote attackers to obtain terminal server user account names via sniffing.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:26:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

References

20011220 Windows XP security concerns

winxp-remote-desktop-username(7732)

3720

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