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Windows 2000 Expired Password Domain Authentication Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA11746
Release Date: 2004-06-01
Last Update: 2004-06-17
Popularity: 15,474 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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Description:
A security issue has been discovered in Windows 2000, which may allow bypassing certain security restrictions.

The problem is that accounts with expired passwords still in certain circumstances can log on to a Windows 2000 domain.

Successful exploitation requires that the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) is exactly 8 characters long.

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