Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 11, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2000-0420
CVE-2000-0420
Description
The default configuration of SYSKEY in Windows 2000 stores the startup key in the registry, which could allow an attacker tor ecover it and use it to decrypt Encrypted File System (EFS) data.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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