CVE-2000-0259

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-04-12 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0259, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The default permissions for the Cryptography\Offload registry key used by the OffloadModExpo in Windows NT 4.0 allows local users to obtain compromise the cryptographic keys of other users.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0259

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C