VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2000-0487

CVSS score3.6 LOW
EPSS probability2.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-06-01
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

The Protected Store in Windows 2000 does not properly select the strongest encryption when available, which causes it to use a default of 40-bit encryption instead of 56-bit DES encryption, aka the "Protected Store Key Length" vulnerability.

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