THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2002-1145
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-1145

Data Engine vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
8.3%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
The xp_runwebtask stored procedure in the Web Tasks component of Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0, and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 can be executed by PUBLIC, which allows an attacker to gain privileges by updating a webtask that is owned by the database owner through the msdb.dbo.mswebtasks table, which does not have strong permissions.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Data Engine
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2002-10-28

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 8.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-1145

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Data Engine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1145.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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