CVE-2002-1872

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 through 2000, with SQL Authentication enabled, uses weak password encryption (XOR), which allows remote attackers to sniff and decrypt the password.

Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 through 2000, with SQL Authentication enabled, uses weak password encryption (XOR), which allows remote attackers to sniff and decrypt the password.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 22 years ago

2002-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:31:00

Affected Software

Microsoft SQLServer 6.0

6.0

Microsoft SQLServer 6.5

6.5

Microsoft SQLServer 7.0

7.0

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 1

7.0

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2

7.0

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 3

7.0

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 4

7.0

Microsoft SQL Server 2000

2000

Microsoft SQLServer 2000 Service Pack 1

2000

Microsoft SQLServer 2000 Service Pack 2

2000

References

20021102 Weak Password Encryption Scheme in MS SQL Server

Vendor Advisory

mssql-weak-password-encryption(10542)

http://www.nextgenss.com/papers/tp-SQL2000.pdf

6097

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