# CVE-2005-3981: NOTE: this issue has been disputed by third parties.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2005-12-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15671/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418289/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418431/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26690

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