CVE-2000-1217

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 2000-11-21 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-1217, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Microsoft Windows 2000 before Service Pack 2 (SP2), when running in a non-Windows 2000 domain and using NTLM authentication, and when credentials of an account are locally cached, allows local users to bypass account lockout policies and make an unlimited number of login attempts, aka the "Domain Account Lockout" vulnerability.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-1217

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P