CVE-2006-6617

Project Server vulnerability

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

20.2%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

projectserver/logon/pdsrequest.asp in Microsoft Project Server 2003 allows remote authenticated users to obtain the MSProjectUser password for a SQL database via a GetInitializationData request, which includes the information in the UserName and Password tags of the response.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Project Server

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-12-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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