NOTE: On 2009-04-29 Microsoft has re-released the Norwegian-language update for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 to fix an error that could cause the installation to fail. No other updates or locales are affected.
Provided and/or discovered by: Cesar Cerrudo, Argeniss
Changelog: 2008-10-09: Updated credits and the "Original Advisory" section.
2009-04-14: Updated "Solution" section and "Original Advisory" sections. Added additional vulnerability information to the advisory. Added "Microsoft Windows 2000" to the list of affected products.
2009-04-30: Added note to the "Solution" section regarding an error with the Norwegian-language update for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.
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