CVE-2005-3316

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Published Oct 27, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

The installation of ON Symantec Discovery 4.5.x and Symantec Discovery 6.0 creates the (1) DiscoveryWeb and (2) DiscoveryRO database accounts with null passwords, which could allow attackers to gain privileges or prevent Discovery from running by setting another password.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:discovery:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:on_command_discovery:standard_4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:symantec:on_command_discovery:web_4.5:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3315	The installation of ON Symantec Discovery 4.5.x and Symantec Discovery 6.0 creates the (1) DiscoveryWeb and (2) DiscoveryRO database accounts with null passwords, which could allow attackers to gain privileges or prevent Discovery from running by setting another password.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.394% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/17302
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/112
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.24.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015097
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15188

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Symantec Discovery On Command Discovery

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:10 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 27, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved: Oct 27, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:16 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 27, 2005, 10:02 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:16 PM

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