Overview

What is Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Client NTLM Authentication Patch?

eliminates a security vulnerability in the Telnet client which could, under certain circumstances, allow a malicious user to obtain cryptographically protected logon credentials from another user.

In depth

A closer look at Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Client NTLM Authentication Patch

This vulnerability could enable a malicious user to automatically request a Telnet session from an unsuspecting user’s machine to the malicious user’s server.

As part of this session, the user’s cryptographically protected NTLM (NT LanMan) authentication credentials could be passed to the malicious user’s server. The malicious user could obtain these credentials and subject them to offline examination to discover the user’s clear-text password.

This vulnerability would only provide the malicious user with the password credentials of another user. It would not, by itself, allow the malicious user to take any actions on the user’s system.

Verdict

Should you download Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Client NTLM Authentication Patch?

Microsoft Windows 2000 Telnet Client NTLM Authentication Patch runs on Windows 2000 and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 186 KB. We’ve catalogued it under System.

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