Vulnerability in Symantec Discovery
CVE-2005-3316
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Discovery — versions 6.0
- Symantec On Command Discovery — versions standard_4.5, web_4.5
References
- securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.24.html
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/112 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15188 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17302 (third-party-advisory)