CVE-2005-3169

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4, when the "audit directory service access" policy is enabled, does not record a 565 event message for File Delete Child operations on an Active Directory object in the security event log, which could allow attackers to conduct unauthorized activities without detection.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833873
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833873
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345

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