CVE-2004-2527

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

31/12/2004

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

The local and remote desktop login screens in Microsoft Windows XP before SP2 and 2003 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) by repeatedly using the WinKey+"U" key combination, which causes multiple copies of Windows Utility Manager to be loaded more quickly than they can be closed when the copies detect that another instance is running.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

5.40

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::gold::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:tablet_pc:::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2004-2527

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools