CVE-2000-0298: Microsoft Windows 2000

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The unattended installation of Windows 2000 with the OEMPreinstall option sets insecure permissions for the All Users and Default Users directories.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version

Published 2000-04-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.