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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 IDCVE-2000-0487
SeverityLOW
CVSS score3.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-06-01
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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