CVE-1999-1556

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 uses weak encryption for the password for the SQLExecutiveCmdExec account and stores it in an accessible portion of the registry, which could allow local users to gain privileges by reading and decrypting the CmdExecAccount value.

Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 uses weak encryption for the password for the SQLExecutiveCmdExec account and stores it in an accessible portion of the registry, which could allow local users to gain privileges by reading and decrypting the CmdExecAccount value.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 26 years ago

1998-06-29 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft SQLServer 6.5

6.5

References

19980629 MS SQL Server 6.5 stores password in unprotected registry keys

109

Vendor Advisory

mssql-sqlexecutivecmdexec-password(7354)

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