CVE-2000-0737 — The Service Control Manager (SCM) in Windows 2000 creates predictable named pipes, which allows a local user with console access to gain administrator privileges, aka the "Service Control Manager Named Pipe Impersonation" vulnerability

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The Service Control Manager (SCM) in Windows 2000 creates predictable named pipes, which allows a local user with console access to gain administrator privileges, aka the "Service Control Manager Named Pipe Impersonation" vulnerability

Published Oct 13, 2000

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.41%

Description

The Service Control Manager (SCM) in Windows 2000 creates predictable named pipes, which allows a local user with console access to gain administrator privileges, aka the "Service Control Manager Named Pipe Impersonation" vulnerability.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.41% 0.04411

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.04411

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	4.41% (0.04411)	91.03th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.41% (0.04411)	90.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Oct 23, 2025	1.57% (0.01568)	80.87th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Oct 1, 2025	3.10% (0.03105)	86.36th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.24% (0.00240)	45.37th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.05% (0.00050)	21.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 9, 2024	0.05% (0.00050)	19.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00050)	17.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.26% (0.03265)	84.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.26% (0.03265)	82.68th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.26% (0.03265)	65.36th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1535
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-053
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1535		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-053		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 13, 2000

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Sep 19, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0737

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0737

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-0737