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TI-2004-02397 Aliases CVE-2004-2527GHSA-86w6-qr9g-m66p

The local and remote desktop login screens in Microsoft Windows XP before SP2 and 2003…

Priority LOW 28Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01732 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*r2Running onMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning onMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning onMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r2 Running on ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-2527
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-86w6-qr9g-m66p

References

Exploit 2

Sources

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