CVE-2002-0643: Microsoft Data Engine

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The installation of Microsoft Data Engine 1.0 (MSDE 1.0), and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 creates setup.iss files with insecure permissions and does not delete them after installation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive data, including weakly encrypted passwords, to gain privileges, aka "SQL Server Installation Process May Leave Passwords on System."

Affected products

• Microsoft Data Engine: version 1.0 only
• Microsoft SQL Server: version 7.0 only; version 2000 only

Published 2002-07-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.