CVE-2000-1199 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.5.3:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-1184	PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01129.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95659987018649&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1139
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4364

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Postgresql Postgresql

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.316Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1199

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-31T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-1199

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2000-04-23T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-12-18T21:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "20000423 Postgresql cleartext password storage", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95659987018649&w=2"}, {"name": "postgresql-plaintext-passwords(4364)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4364"}, {"name": "1139", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1139"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2000-1199", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "20000423 Postgresql cleartext password storage", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95659987018649&w=2"}, {"name": "postgresql-plaintext-passwords(4364)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4364"}, {"name": "1139", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1139"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T05:45:37.316Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "20000423 Postgresql cleartext password storage", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95659987018649&w=2"}, {"name": "postgresql-plaintext-passwords(4364)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4364"}, {"name": "1139", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1139"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2000-1199", "datePublished": "2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T05:45:37.316Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "FF7D1F6F-044C-478D-991D-D70281FD7C87", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "6EB98484-1234-4BA2-ACB0-28F4BE684D92", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases."}], "id": "CVE-2000-1199", "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 4.6, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2001-08-31T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95659987018649&w=2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1139"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4364"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95659987018649&w=2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1139"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4364"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vendorComments": [{"comment": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.", "lastModified": "2007-03-14T00:00:00", "organization": "Red Hat"}], "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}