CVE-2002-0643 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Data Engine 1.0 (MSDE 1.0) and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 where the installation process leaves setup.iss files with insecure permissions and does not delete them. This allows local users to access sensitive data, including weakly encrypted passwords, potentially leading to privilege escalation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Despite this, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting ongoing awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_engine:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:7.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:7.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.