CVE-2005-3177

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

CHKDSK in Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, when running in fix mode, does not properly handle security descriptors if the master file table contains a large number of files or if the descriptors do not satisfy certain NTFS conventions, which could cause ACLs for some files to be reverted to less secure defaults, or cause security descriptors to be removed.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: r2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831374
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831375
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831374
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831375
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345

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