CVE-2005-3168 — 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

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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

Published Oct 6, 2005

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.81%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.81% 0.03806

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03806

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (16 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.81% (0.03806)	89.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.81% (0.03806)	88.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.62% (0.00620)	67.55th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	2.26% (0.02257)	74.31th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.43% (0.00434)	60.72th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.40% (0.00403)	74.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.58% (0.00581)	77.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.48% (0.00476)	75.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.33% (0.00329)	70.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 26, 2024	7.51% (0.07515)	93.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 27, 2023	13.83% (0.13826)	94.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 12, 2023	7.51% (0.07515)	93.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.00% (0.00995)	81.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.88% (0.03884)	85.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.88% (0.03884)	84.17th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.88% (0.03884)	67.42th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834424/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834424/		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 6, 2005

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Oct 6, 2005

Link CVE-2005-3168

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-3168

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-3168