CVE-2000-0487 — LOW severity vulnerability (The Protected Store in Windows 2000 does not properly select)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0487 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 3.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-06-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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