CVE-2001-1560 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Win32k.sys component (GDI) of Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP. A local attacker can trigger a system crash by calling the ShowWindow function after receiving a WM_NCCREATE message. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low severity with local access required and only a partial impact on availability. While an ExploitDB entry exists, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion surrounding this older flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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