CVE-2001-0542

Sql Server vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

13.6%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflows in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 allow attackers with access to SQL Server to execute arbitrary code through the functions (1) raiserror, (2) formatmessage, or (3) xp_sprintf. NOTE: the C runtime format string vulnerability reported in MS01-060 is identified by CVE-2001-0879.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Sql Server

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2001-12-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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