CVE-2000-0487
N/A
Published: July 12, 2000 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:51 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWindows 2000
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1295Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-032Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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