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Released in 1999, Windows 2000 was the beginnning of the end for the Windows 9x product line, extending upon Windows NT 4.0 it provided an unprecedented level of manageability and reliability which had not been seen before on a Windows platform. Now in 2006, Windows 2000 has reached the beginning of its extended support phase.

In line with our security mandate, HPC:Factor has decided to generate and maintain a patching list for Windows 2000 Professional from now until Windows 2000 patch issuing is discontinued completely. It is not deemed necessary to add an installation guide to this document, and there are no plans to add one in the future.

 

Windows 2000 Professional Patches & Updates Guide

The following list of updates will provide you with the highest level of security available to Windows 2000. The Approximate total download size of all the listed updates is ##MB

 

Prerequisites

This guide assumes a certain level of system components have already been updated. Failure to install these prerequisite items before continuing with the patch process will impact significantly upon the effectiveness of this guide. These are the prerequisites for the installation:

NB: This guide does not cover updates for Internet Information Server (IIS), or fully cover updates for Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server

 

Critical Updates:

MS02-050

329115

Certificate Validation Flaw Could Enable Identity Spoofing

MS03-041

823182

Vulnerability in Authenticode Verification Remote Code Execution

MS03-042

826232

Buffer Overflow in Troubleshooter ActiveX Control

MS03-043

828035

Buffer Overrun in Messenger Service Code Execution

MS03-049

828749

Buffer Overrun in the Workstation Service Code Execution

MS04-011

835732

Security Update for Windows

MS04-014

837001

Vulnerability in Jet Database Engine code execution

MS04-019

842526

Vulnerability in Utility Manager code execution

MS04-020

841872

Vulnerability in POSIX code execution

MS04-022

841873

Vulnerability in Task Scheduler Code Execution

MS04-024

839645

Vulnerability in Windows Shell remote code execution

MS04-031

841533

NetDDE remote code execution

MS04-032

840987

Security Update for Microsoft Windows

MS04-037

841356

Windows shell remote code execution

MS04-041

885836

Vulnerability in WordPad Code Execution

MS04-043

873339

Vulnerability in HyperTerminal code execution

MS04-044

885835

Kernel and LSASS Elevation of Privilege

MS05-003

871250

Indexing Service Remote Code Execution

MS05-013

891781

DHTML editing ActiveX control code execution

MS05-018

890859

Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel could allow DOS

MS05-026

896358

HTML Help code execution

MS05-027

896422

SMB Remote Code Execution

MS05-032

890046

Microsoft Agent Spoofing

MS05-036

901214

Vulnerability in Color Management Module remote code execution

MS05-040

893756

Telephony Service Remote Code Execution

MS05-042

899587

Kerberos Denial of Service

MS05-043

896423

Print Spooler Service Remote Code Execution

MS05-045

905414

Vulnerability in Network Connection Manager DOS

MS05-046

899589

Client Service for NetWare Remote Code Execution

MS05-047

905749

Plug and Play Remote Code Execution

MS05-048

901017

Microsoft CDO Remote Code Execution

MS05-049

900725

Windows in shell could remote code execution

MS05-053

896424

Graphics Rendering Engine Code Execution

MS06-001

912919

Graphics rendering engine remote code execution

MS06-002

908519

Web fonts remote code execution

MS06-006

911564

Windows Media Player Plug-in Remote Code Execution

MS06-015

908531

Windows Explorer Remote Code Execution

MS06-018

913580

MSDTC denial of service

MS06-025

911280

RRAS Remote Code Execution

MS06-030

914389

SMB elevation of privilege

MS06-031

917736

RPC Mutual Authentication Spoofing

MS06-032

917953

TCPIP Remote Code Execution

MS06-034

917537

IIS ASP Remote Code Execution

MS06-036

914388

DHCP Client remote code execution

MS06-040

921883

Vulnerability in Server service remote code execution

MS06-041

920683

DNS resolution remote code execution

MS06-044

917008

Microsoft Management Console remote code execution

MS06-045

921398

Windows Explorer remote code execution

MS06-046

922616

HTML Help remote code execution

MS06-049

920958

Windows Kernel Could Privilege Elevation

MS06-050

920670

Windows Hyperlink Object Library CouldRemote Code Execution

MS06-051

917422

Windows kernel remote code execution

MS06-057

923191

Windows Explorer Remote Execution

MS06-061

924191

XML Core Services remote code execution

MS06-063

923414

Server Service denial of service

 

842773

BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 Update

 

890830

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

 

893803

Windows Installer 3.1

 

Recommended Updates:

Microsoft XML Parser 3.0 Service Pack 7 (SP7)

 

Internet Explorer:

MS06-042

918899

Cumulative Patch August 8 2006

MS06-055

925486

VML remote code execution

 

Windows Media Player 9 :

MS06-024

917734

Windows Media Player Remote Code Execution