CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1556

7.2 HIGH Published 1998-06-29 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1998-06-29
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft sql server 6.5

References