CVE-2002-1872

Summary

CVECVE-2002-1872
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-326 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Sql Server 2000 All All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 2000 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 2000 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 6.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 6.5 All All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 7.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 7.0 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 7.0 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 7.0 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Sql Server 7.0 sp4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
nextgenss.com -&nbspThis website is for sale! -&nbspnextgenss Resources and Information. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nextgenss.com Broken Link
ISS X-Force Database: mssql-weak-password-encryption (10542): Microsoft SQL Server login accounts use weak encryption algorithm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Broken Link
Microsoft SQL Server Login Weak Authentication Mechanism af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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