CVE-2005-3168

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The SECEDIT command on Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4, when using a security template to set Access Control Lists (ACLs) on folders, does not apply ACLs on folders that are listed after a long folder entry, which could result in less secure permissions than specified by the template.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834424/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834424/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345

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