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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2001-1571 json

The Remote Desktop client in Windows XP sends the most recent user account name in cleartext, which could allow remote attackers to obtain…

published 2001-12-31 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1548

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.1%
EPSS 13.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Remote Desktop client in Windows XP sends the most recent user account name in cleartext, which could allow remote attackers to obtain terminal server user account names via sniffing.

Exploit prediction

13.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.