CVE-2001-0261 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2001-0261?

CVE-2001-0261 is a low-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 4 Apr 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Microsoft Windows 2000 Encrypted File System does not properly destroy backups of files that are encrypted, which allows a local attacker to recover the text of encrypted files.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0261?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0261?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0261 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-0261 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0261 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
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Also known as GHSA-fp6q-9qw2-6vhc.