CVE-2005-0061: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP SP1 and SP2, and Windows Server 2003 allows local users to gain privileges via certain access requests.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: version enterprise only; version enterprise_64-bit only; version r2 only; version standard only; version web only
• Microsoft Windows 98: any version
• Microsoft Windows 98se: any version
• Microsoft Windows Me: any version
• Microsoft Windows XP: any version

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.