CVE-2001-0261 — LOW severity vulnerability (Microsoft Windows 2000 Encrypted File System does not proper)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Encrypted File System does not properly destroy backups of files that are encrypted, which allows a local attacker to recover the text of encrypted files.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0261 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-06-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Microsoft Windows 2000 Encrypted File System does not properly destroy backups of files that are encrypted, which allows a local attacker to recover the text of encrypted files. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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