CVE-2000-0789 — WinU 5.x and earlier uses weak encryption to store its configuration password, which allows local users to decrypt the password and gain privileges

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WinU 5.x and earlier uses weak encryption to store its configuration password, which allows local users to decrypt the password and gain privileges

Published Sep 21, 2000

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.24%

Description

WinU 5.x and earlier uses weak encryption to store its configuration password, which allows local users to decrypt the password and gain privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.24% 0.00239

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00239

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.24% (0.00239)	13.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.24% (0.00239)	14.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00034)	6.53th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0201.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0201.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 21, 2000

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Sep 19, 2000

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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