CVE-2000-1209

Summary

CVECVE-2000-1209
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-08-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe "sa" account is installed with a default null password on (1) Microsoft SQL Server 2000, (2) SQL Server 7.0, and (3) Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0, including third party packages that use these products such as (4) Tumbleweed Secure Mail (MMS) (5) Compaq Insight Manager, and (6) Visio 2000, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as exploited by worms such as Voyager Alpha Force and Spida.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Compaq Insight Manager 7.0 All All All
Application Compaq Insight Manager 7.0 sp1 All All
Application Compaq Insight Manager Xe 1.1 All All All
Application Compaq Insight Manager Xe 1.21 All All All
Application Compaq Insight Manager Xe 2.1 All All All
Application Compaq Insight Manager Xe 2.1b All All All
Application Compaq Insight Manager Xe 2.1c All All All
Application Compaq Insight Manager Xe 2.2 All All All
Application Microsoft Data Engine 1.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Msde 2000 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
An unsecured SQL Server server that has a blank (NULL) system administrator password allows vulnerability to a worm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.microsoft.com
'Tumbleweed Worldsecure (MMS) BLANK 'sa' account password' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ISS X-Force Database: mssql-no-sapassword (1459): Blank sa password on Microsoft SQL Server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bugtraq Archive August 2000: MS-SQL 'sa' user exploit code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk
Visio: Installation of MSDE Creates an 'sa' Account with a Blank Password af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.microsoft.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#635463 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Microsoft MSDE/SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine Default Configuration Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'MSDE / Re: Default Password Database' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
www.osvdb.org/3570 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/273639 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.microsoft.com
An unsecured SQL Server server that has a blank (NULL) system administrator password allows vulnerability to a worm MITRE support.microsoft.com
Visio: Installation of MSDE Creates an 'sa' Account with a Blank Password MITRE support.microsoft.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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