CVE-2005-3169: Microsoft Windows 2000

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4, when the "audit directory service access" policy is enabled, does not record a 565 event message for File Delete Child operations on an Active Directory object in the security event log, which could allow attackers to conduct unauthorized activities without detection.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version

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