CVE-2000-1209
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…
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Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 87.3% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 3570 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 4797 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20000710 MSDE / Re: Default Password Database (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#635463 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- mssql-no-sapassword(1459) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms02020_sql.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20000816 Released Patch: Tumbleweed Worldsecure (MMS) BLANK 'sa' account password (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020522 Opty-Way Enterprise includes MSDE with sa <blank> (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- Q313418 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- 20000810 Tumbleweed Worldsecure (MMS) BLANK 'sa' account password (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- Q321081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- 20000815 MS-SQL 'sa' user exploit code (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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