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CVE-2000-0487

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1295
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-032
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1295
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-032

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