CVE-2000-0487

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1295Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-032
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1295Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-032

Timeline

Published: Jun 1, 2000
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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