Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-1199

Title: PostgreSQL plaintext username/password storage

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-1199

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 31, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.91%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-1199: PostgreSQL stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in (1) pg_shadow and (2) pg_pwd, which allows attackers with sufficient privileges to gain access to databases.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95659987018649&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1139 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4364 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95659987018649&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1139 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4364

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-1199 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19875

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 31, 2001 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:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.