CVE-2000-0933: Microsoft Windows 2000

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Input Method Editor (IME) in the Simplified Chinese version of Windows 2000 does not disable access to privileged functionality that should normally be restricted, which allows local users to gain privileges, aka the "Simplified Chinese IME State Recognition" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version

Published 2000-12-19. Last modified 2026-09-23.