CVE-2000-1209

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 87.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The "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.

Affected products

Compaq Insight Manager: 7.0, 7.0-sp1
Compaq Insight Manager Xe: 1.1, 1.21, 2.1, 2.1b, 2.1c, 2.2
Microsoft Data Engine: 1.0
Microsoft Msde: 2000

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96333895000350&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96593218804850&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96644570412692&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/273639
http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200008/0233.html
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ313418
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3BEN-US%3Bq321081
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/1459.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/635463
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms02020_sql.asp
http://www.osvdb.org/3570
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4797

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