CVE-2005-3171

medium

Description

Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 records Event ID 1704 to indicate that Group Policy security settings were successfully updated, even when the processing fails such as when Ntuser.pol cannot be accessed, which could cause system administrators to believe that the system is compliant with the specified settings.

References

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

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884559

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-10-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00204