PT-2005-3995 · Microsoft · Windows 2000

Published 2005-10-06 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-3173

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows 2000 versions prior to Update Rollup 1 for SP4

Description The issue concerns a problem where group policies are not applied when a user logs on using UPN credentials with a trailing dot. This prevents the system from finding the correct domain controller, potentially allowing users to bypass intended restrictions.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows 2000 versions prior to Update Rollup 1 for SP4, apply Update Rollup 1 for SP4 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3173

Affected Products

Windows 2000

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3173 · Security Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821102 · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345 · Vendor Advisory