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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-3171

CVE-2005-3171

Description

Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4 records Event ID 1704 to indicate that Group Policy security settings were successfully updated, even when the processing fails such as when Ntuser.pol cannot be accessed, which could cause system administrators to believe that the system is compliant with the specified settings.

Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Windows 20002 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: before Update Rollup 1 for SP4

Patches

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