APP: Microsoft Windows 2000 Domain Authentication Bypass

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against authentication mechanism within Microsoft Windows 2000 domain. A successful attack can allow attackers to perform an authentication bypass.

Extended Description

Microsoft Windows 2000, when running in a domain whose Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is exactly 8 characters long, does not prevent users with expired passwords from logging on to the domain.

Affected Products

Microsoft windows_2000

References

CVE: CVE-2004-0540

Short Name
APP:KERBEROS:MS-WIN-2000-DOMAIN
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
2000 Authentication Bypass CVE-2004-0540 Domain Microsoft Windows
Release Date
02/18/2014
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-19.4

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

vsrx-19.2

srx-19.3

srx-branch-12.3

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3650
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Microsoft

CVSS Score

10.0

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