01 Record
CVE-2002-1872
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-06-28 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-326Inadequate Encryption StrengthClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7f2848291e27dd99dcc98896ffa4cd3a0ca3b21a05a50a886d09ce5675f5079e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com6097http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6097
- www.iss.netmssql-weak-password-encryption(10542)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10542.php
- online.securityfocus.com20021102 Weak Password Encryption Scheme in MS SQL Serverhttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/298361
- www.nextgenss.comhttp://www.nextgenss.com/papers/tp-SQL2000.pdf