CVE-2002-1138: Microsoft Data Engine

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, including Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0 and Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000, writes output files for scheduled jobs under its own privileges instead of the entity that launched it, which allows attackers to overwrite system files, aka "Flaw in Output File Handling for Scheduled Jobs."

Affected products

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

Published 2002-10-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.