CVE-2005-3173 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2005-3173?

CVE-2005-3173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 6 Oct 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 does not apply group policies if the user logs on using UPN credentials with a trailing dot, which prevents Windows 2000 from finding the correct domain controller and could allow the user to bypass intended restrictions.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3173?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3173?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3173 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-3173 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3173 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6gcj-36mj-56q7.