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CVE-2005-3168

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3168 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 (prior to Update Rollup 1 for SP4) where the SECEDIT command fails to properly apply Access Control Lists (ACLs) from security templates to folders listed after a long folder entry, potentially leading to less secure permissions than intended. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity, allowing for potential partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0381 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.microsoft.com / kb/834424
PatchVendor Advisory
support.microsoft.com / kb/900345
PatchVendor Advisory