CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 (Database Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 uses weak encryption for the password for the SQLExecutiveCmdExec account and stores it in an accessible portion of the registry, which could allow local users to gain privileges by reading and decrypting the CmdExecAccount value.
The bug was discovered 06/29/1998. The weakness was disclosed 06/29/1998 by Todd Sabin with BindView as not defined mailinglist post (NTBugTraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1556. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/31/2019). This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (7354).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Missing encryptionCWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
ATT&CK: T1600
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
06/29/1998 🔍06/29/1998 🔍
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06/19/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Todd Sabin
Organization: BindView
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-1556 (🔍)
X-Force: 7354 - Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 stores the SQLExecutiveCmdExec in registry using weak encryption algorithm
Vulnerability Center: 7716 - Weak Encryption in Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 via SQLExecutiveCmdExec Account, Low
SecurityFocus: 109 - NT SQL Server Password Vulnerability
OSVDB: 10156 - CVE-1999-1556 - Microsoft - SQL Server - Weak Encryption Issue
Entry
Created: 06/19/2014 16:03Updated: 05/31/2019 21:03
Changes: 06/19/2014 16:03 (66), 05/31/2019 21:03 (3)
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