CVE-2000-1199

mediumpriority · track · 28OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.91% (60th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.04.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-259USLLM-inferredCWE-312USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-19875PostgreSQL 6.3.2/6.5.3 - Cleartext Passwordsfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
postgresql postgresql= 6.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql= 6.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2001-08-31modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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