CVE-2005-3174

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% 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 allows users to log on to the domain, even when their password has expired, if the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) is 8 characters long.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830847
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830847
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345

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