CVE-2000-0420

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-05-11 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0420, 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 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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0420

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