CVE-2002-0721: Microsoft Data Engine

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 46.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 installs with weak permissions for extended stored procedures that are associated with helper functions, which could allow unprivileged users, and possibly remote attackers, to run stored procedures with administrator privileges via (1) xp_execresultset, (2) xp_printstatements, or (3) xp_displayparamstmt.

Affected products

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

Published 2002-09-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.