What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2000-0121

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-02-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Recycle Bin utility in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows local users to read or modify files by creating a subdirectory with the victim's SID in the recycler directory, aka the "Recycle Bin Creation" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp1, 4.0-sp2, 4.0-sp3, 4.0-sp4, 4.0-sp5 (+1)

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ248399
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/963
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-007
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ248399
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/963
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-007

Get alerted when CVE-2000-0121 or the next vulnerability affects your stack