CVE-2000-0402

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—💥 Exploit

The Mixed Mode authentication capability in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 stores the System Administrator (sa) account in plaintext in a log file which is readable by any user, aka the "SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack Password" vulnerability.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Base score: 2.1

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 91%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · Microsoft SQL Server Payload Execution
Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · Microsoft SQL Server Payload Execution via SQL Injection
Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft SQL Server - Payload Execution (via SQL Injection) (Metasploit) (2/8/2011)
Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft SQL Server - Payload Execution (Metasploit) (12/21/2010)

Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — SQL Server

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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