CVE-2001-0349 — Microsoft Windows 2000 telnet service creates named pipes with predictable names and does not properly verify them, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating a named pipe with the predictable name and associating a malicious program with it, the first of two variants of this vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows 2000 telnet service creates named pipes with predictable names and does not properly verify them, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating a named pipe with the predictable name and associating a malicious program with it, the first of two variants of this vulnerability

Published Jul 27, 2001

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.94%

Description

Microsoft Windows 2000 telnet service creates named pipes with predictable names and does not properly verify them, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating a named pipe with the predictable name and associating a malicious program with it, the first of two variants of this vulnerability.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.94% 0.01941

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

EPSS probability 0.01941

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 (16 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.94% (0.01941)	79.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.94% (0.01941)	77.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Nov 16, 2025	3.00% (0.03001)	86.09th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Oct 28, 2025	4.65% (0.04647)	88.79th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Oct 27, 2025	3.11% (0.03108)	86.31th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Oct 1, 2025	4.63% (0.04629)	88.86th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	2.68% (0.02682)	84.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	0.73% (0.00730)	57.23th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.75% (0.01750)	81.30th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	27.43% (0.27432)	96.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	15.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 27, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.22% (0.02221)	81.26th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.22% (0.02221)	79.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.22% (0.02221)	58.09th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/587587
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2849
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-031
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6664
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/587587		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2849		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-031		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6664		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 27, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved May 16, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0349

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0349

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-0349