CVE-2000-0487

Low CVSS 3.6

Published 2000-06-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0487, 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 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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0487

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