CVE-2001-0045: Microsoft Windows Nt

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 8.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The default permissions for the RAS Administration key in Windows NT 4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by changing the value to point to a malicious DLL, aka one of the "Registry Permissions" vulnerabilities.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: version 4.0 only; version terminal_server only

Published 2001-02-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.