National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2000-1209
Orirignal release date: 2002-08-12
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

    The "sa" account is installed with a default null password on (1) Microsoft SQL Server 2000, (2) SQL Server 7.0, and (3) Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0, including third party packages that use these products such as (4) Tumbleweed Secure Mail (MMS) (5) Compaq Insight Manager, and (6) Visio 2000, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as exploited by worms such as Voyager Alpha Force and Spida.

Impact

    CVSS Severity: 10 (High)
    Range: remote
    Authentication: config
    Impact Type: sec_prot admin="1"

Reference to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Vulnerable Software and Vendor

    MSDE (Microsoft)
    SQL Server Desktop Engine (Microsoft)
    Insight Manager XE (Compaq)
    Insight Manager (Compaq)

Technical Details

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-1209