Overview

What is Windows 2000 Local Security Policy Corruption Vulnerability Patch?

eliminates a security vulnerability which could allow a malicious user to disrupt normal operation of an affected machine, and potentially of an entire network.

In depth

A closer look at Windows 2000 Local Security Policy Corruption Vulnerability Patch

This vulnerability could allow a malicious user to corrupt parts of a Windows system’s local security policy, with the effect of disrupting domain membership and trust relationship information.

If a workstation or member server were attacked via this vulnerability, the machine would effectively be removed from the domain; if a domain controller was attacked, it could no longer process domain logon requests.

Recovering from such an attack would likely require that a known-working configuration be restored from backup.

Users who have applied Windows Service Pack 1 are already protected against this vulnerability.

Verdict

Should you download Windows 2000 Local Security Policy Corruption Vulnerability Patch?

Windows 2000 Local Security Policy Corruption Vulnerability Patch runs on Windows 2000 and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 517 KB. We’ve catalogued it under System.

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