CVE-2002-0443: Microsoft Windows 2000

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Windows 2000 allows local users to bypass the policy that prohibits reusing old passwords by changing the current password before it expires, which does not enable the check for previous passwords.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version

Published 2002-07-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.