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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0487

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.

LOW 3.6EPSS 2.48%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS
2.48% probability · 84th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/windows 2000
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.