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CVE-2000-0487

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.

Published

2000-06-01T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	microsoft	windows_2000	*	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1295 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-032 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1295 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-032 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)