CVE-2004-0540 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 where users with expired passwords could still log in to a domain if the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) was exactly eight characters long. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity with a network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.