CVE-2005-3168: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version

Published 2005-10-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.