{
    "id": "CVE-2005-3981",
    "published": "2005-12-04 11:03:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:18:00",
    "cvss_score": "4.9",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "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",
    "epss_score": "0.03648",
    "epss_percentile": "0.89245",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-04 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_2000"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_2003_server"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_xp"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "26690",
            "title": "Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003 - CreateRemoteThread Local Denial of Service",
            "date": "2005-12-01",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26690"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418289/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418431/100/0/threaded",
        "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",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15671/"
    ]
}