Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000

CVE-2005-3173

Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 does not apply group policies if the user logs on using UPN credentials with a trailing dot, which prevents Windows 2000 from finding the correct domain controller and could allow the user to bypass intended restrictions.

EPSS: 0.013 (67.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

References

  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_MSKB, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_MSKB, Vendor Advisory)