Microsoft KB Archive/274372

= Patch Released for &quot;Domain Account Lockout&quot; Vulnerability =

Article ID: 274372

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q274372



SYMPTOMS
Microsoft has released a security patch that resolves a vulnerability that can allow a malicious user to use a brute-force password-guessing attack against a Windows 2000-based computer, even if the domain administrator has set an account lockout policy. Such an attack can target only the account of a user who previously logged on to the target computer, and whose logon credentials are cached on the computer.

NOTE: This vulnerability affects only computer that are running Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and are members of non-Windows 2000-based domains.

Additional information about this issue is available from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS00-089.mspx

You can find frequently asked questions about this vulnerability at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/fq00-089.mspx



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

English Language Version

Chinese (Simplified) Language Version

Chinese (Traditional) Language Version

Czech Language Version

Dutch Language Version

French Language Version

German Language Version

Hungarian Language Version

Italian Language Version

Japanese Language Version

Japanese NEC Language Version

Korean Language Version

Polish Language Version

Portuguese (Brazilian) Language Version

Portuguese Language Version

Russian Language Version

Spanish Language Version

Swedish Language Version

Turkish Language Version

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date        Time    Version        Size     File name --  10/09/2000  04:22p  5.0.2195.2444  103,936  Msv1_0.dll



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbgraphxlinkcritical kbwin2000presp2fix KB274372

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