CVE-2006-3443: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Winlogon in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, when SafeDllSearchMode is disabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious DLL in the UserProfile directory, aka "User Profile Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version

Published 2006-08-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.