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CVE-2000-0487

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Published: Jun 1, 2000Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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3.6
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 4.9
Source: NVD

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 (1)

1 product
Windows 2000
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
All versions

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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