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…

published July 12, 2000

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
84.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02479 · 84.4th percentile
Published
2000-07-12T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUL 04:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5