CVE-2001-0261: Microsoft Windows 2000

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version

Published 2001-06-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.