Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 1, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2000-0487
CVE-2000-0487
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1295nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-032nvd
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