Microsoft Windows SQL Server allows arbitrary queries to be executed via "xp_printstatements" extended procedure

Overview

MS SQL Server contains an extended stored procedure with inappropriate permission settings.

Description

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 contain an extended stored procedure, xp_printstatements, that permits an unprivileged user of a database to gain administrative access to the database. For more information, please see

<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-043.asp&gt; and
<http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/mssql-esppu.txt&gt;

This vulnerability was discovered David Litchfield of NGSSoftware.

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Impact

An intruder can gain administrative access to a vulnerable SQL Server database.

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Solution

Apply a patch as described in <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-043.asp&gt;.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: August 16, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

See <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-043.asp&gt;.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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References

• <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-043.asp&gt;
• <http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/mssql-esppu.txt&gt;

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Litchfield for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Shawn V Hernan.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2002-0721
Severity Metric:	12.66 Date Public: