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CVE-2000-1209

89
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-1209 describes a critical vulnerability where Microsoft SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 7.0, and Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0, along with third-party products utilizing them, are installed with a default 'sa' account having a null password. This allows remote attackers to easily gain administrative privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity with a network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It has been actively exploited by worms like Voyager Alpha Force and Spida, and exploit modules are available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, confirming its widespread and historical exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_manager:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_manager:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_manager_xe:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_manager_xe:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_manager_xe:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
87.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Microsoft SQL Server Payload Execution · May 30, 2000
ExploitDB: EDB-16394 · Feb 8, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8731 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/273639
security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk / bugtraq-200008/0233.html
support.microsoft.com / default.aspx
support.microsoft.com / default.aspx
iss.net / security_center/static/1459.php
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/635463
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
microsoft.com / security/security_bulletins/ms02020_sql.asp
osvdb.org / 3570
securityfocus.com / bid/4797