CVE-2004-0540

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Windows 2000, when running in a domain whose Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is exactly 8 characters long, does not prevent users with expired passwords from logging on to the domain.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/11746/
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B830847
http://secunia.com/advisories/11746/
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B830847

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