CVE-2000-1199

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.

PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

PostgreSQL

First reported 23 years ago

2001-08-31 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-19 02:29:00

Affected Software

PostgreSQL 6.3.2

6.3.2

PostgreSQL 6.5.3

6.5.3

References

20000423 Postgresql cleartext password storage

1139

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

postgresql-plaintext-passwords(4364)

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