CVE-2000-0492

Medium CVSS 5

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

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0492, 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

PassWD 1.2 uses weak encryption (trivial encoding) to store passwords, which allows an attacker who can read the password file to easliy decrypt the passwords.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0492

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