CVE-2004-2339 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and potentially 2003, where local users with SeDebugPrivilege can execute arbitrary kernel code or manipulate kernel memory due to improper pointer argument validation in the NtSystemDebugControl function. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.4, indicating a critical impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, though it requires local access and specific privileges. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in the KEV catalog. However, it has garnered significant community discussion, with over 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.