CVE-2006-6617

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

projectserver/logon/pdsrequest.asp in Microsoft Project Server 2003 allows remote authenticated users to obtain the MSProjectUser password for a SQL database via a GetInitializationData request, which includes the information in the UserName and Password tags of the response.

Affected products

Microsoft Project Server: 2003

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051316.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23391
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2047
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017388
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454497/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21611
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5038
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30905
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051316.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23391
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2047
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017388

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