CVE-2005-3174 — 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

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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

Published Oct 6, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.22%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.22% 0.01224

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

EPSS probability 0.01224

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.22% (0.01224)	67.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.22% (0.01224)	64.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.17% (0.00166)	35.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.05% (0.00046)	19.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 1, 2024	0.07% (0.00071)	30.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.07% (0.00071)	28.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00046)	12.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.50% (0.01503)	73.56th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Jan 2, 2023	1.50% (0.01503)	72.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 24, 2022	1.38% (0.01378)	69.84th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.29% (0.01290)	65.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.29% (0.01290)	41.73th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830847
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900345
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830847		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-2005-3174

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-3174

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-3174