CVE-2000-0420

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The default configuration of SYSKEY in Windows 2000 stores the startup key in the registry, which could allow an attacker tor ecover it and use it to decrypt Encrypted File System (EFS) data.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q2/0112.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1198
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q2/0112.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1198

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