CVE-2000-0420

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

2000-05-11 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:04:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000

References

20000511 ISS SAVANT Advisory 00/26

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