CVE detail

CVE-2002-1872 — CVE-2002-1872

Published 2002-12-31 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor microsoft · Product sql_server · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

7.5

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0595

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

93.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

Microsoft SQL Server 6.0 through 2000, with SQL Authentication enabled, uses weak password encryption (XOR), which allows remote attackers to sniff and decrypt the password.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.