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CVE-2002-1981

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1981 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 through SP2, where the "public" role can execute specific stored procedures (sp_MSSetServerProperties or sp_MSsetalertinfo). This allows unauthorized modification of SQL Server configuration, including startup and alert settings. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2000:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2000:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0458 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / lists/bugtraq/2002/Sep/0009.html
Vendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10012.php
ngssoftware.com / advisories/mssql-sp_MSSetServerProperties.txt
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/5604