4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
12.7%
The registry entry for the Windows Shell executable (Explorer.exe) in Windows NT and Windows 2000 uses a relative path name, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by inserting a Trojan Horse named Explorer.exe into the %Systemdrive% directory, aka the “Relative Shell Path” vulnerability.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
microsoft:windows_2000 | microsoft windows 2000 | eq | * |
microsoft:windows_nt | microsoft windows nt | eq | 4.0 |