The component for the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) subsystem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 does not properly validate system structures,…

Description

The component for the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) subsystem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 does not properly validate system structures, which allows local users to access protected kernel memory and execute arbitrary code.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

22.3% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• O-114 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• VU#783748 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• win-vdm-gain-privileges(15714) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• AD20040413E (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYEx_transferred
• MS04-011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 10117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• TA04-104A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20040413 EEYE: Windows VDM TIB Local Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 00:10 UTC.