Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0981

Title: MySQL weak authentication leaks information facilitating password recovery

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-0981.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 19, 2000

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.93%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0981: MySQL Database Engine uses a weak authentication method which leaks information that could be used by a remote attacker to recover the password.

Impacted Vendors

oracle 1

mysql 1

mysqljs 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0318.html http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/commented/manual.php?section=Security https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5409 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0318.html http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/commented/manual.php?section=Security https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5409

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0981 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 19, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.