The Protected Store in Windows 2000 does not properly...
Low severity
Unreviewed
Published
Apr 30, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 30, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jun 1, 2000
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 30, 2022
Last updated
Jan 30, 2023
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.
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