CVE-2000-0420 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2000-0420?

CVE-2000-0420 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 15 Jun 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0420?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0420?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2000-0420 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0420 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-53rp-c272-jw32.