Description
RunAs (runas.exe) in Windows 2000 stores cleartext authentication information in memory, which could allow attackers to obtain usernames and passwords by executing a process that is allocated the same memory page after termination of a RunAs command. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that administrative privileges are already required to exploit it, and the original researcher did not respond to requests for additional information
References
- 3184 vdb-entry
- 20011112 RADIX1112200102 mailing-list
- 20011114 RE:Radix Research Reports RADIX1112200101, RADIX1112200102, and RADIX1112200103 mailing-list
- win2k-runas-reveal-information(7531) vdb-entry