Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Jet Engine opendatasource memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Affected by this vulnerability is the function opendatasource of the component Jet Engine. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-0859. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Database Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function opendatasource of the component Jet Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the OpenDataSource function of the Jet engine on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The weakness was published 09/05/2002 with NGSSoftware as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0859. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9375), Exploit-DB (21569), SecurityFocus (BID 5057†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-936†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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06/19/2002 🔍
06/19/2002 +0 days 🔍
09/05/2002 +78 days 🔍
09/05/2002 +0 days 🔍
02/10/2003 +158 days 🔍
07/23/2014 +4181 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Organization: NGSSoftware
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18755
X-Force: 9375
SecurityFocus: 5057 - Microsoft SQL MS Jet Engine Unicode Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 936 - Buffer Overflow in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 OpenDataSource Allows Arbitrary Code Execution, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2014 10:48
Updated: 04/22/2025 05:09
Changes: 07/23/2014 10:48 (62), 05/09/2019 16:36 (2), 04/22/2025 05:09 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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