Description
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.
References
- 1010836 vdb-entry
- 8368 vdb-entry
- win-winkey-u-dos(16851) vdb-entry
- 20040801 Remotely Exploitable DoS Flaw in XP and 2003 mailing-list