CVE-2002-1145

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The xp_runwebtask stored procedure in the Web Tasks component of Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0, and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 can be executed by PUBLIC, which allows an attacker to gain privileges by updating a webtask that is owned by the database owner through the msdb.dbo.mswebtasks table, which does not have strong permissions.

Affected products

Microsoft Data Engine: 1.0, 2000
Microsoft SQL Server: 7.0, 7.0-sp1, 7.0-sp2, 7.0-sp3, 7.0-sp4, 2000 (+2)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487044122900&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103486356413404&w=2
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20030126-ms02-061.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10388.php
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/mssql-webtasks.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5980
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-061
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103487044122900&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=103486356413404&w=2
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20030126-ms02-061.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10388.php
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/mssql-webtasks.txt

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