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.
Published: 2000-07-12
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0485 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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Microsoft Windows 2000
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:30.665Z

Reserved: 2000-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0487

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Status : Modified

Published: 2000-06-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0487

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