Vulnerability in Sybase Easerver
CVE-2006-2539
Sybase EAServer 5.0 for HP-UX Itanium, 5.2 for IBM AIX, HP-UX PA-RISC, Linux x86, and Sun Solaris SPARC, and 5.3 for Sun Solaris SPARC does not properly protect passwords when they are being entered via the GUI, which allows local users to obtain the cleartext passwords via the getSelectedText function in javax.swing.JPasswordField component.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sybase Easerver — versions 5.0, 5.2, 5.3
References
- secunia.com/advisories/20145 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26567 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1869 (vdb-entry)
- www.sybase.com/detail (Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18036 (Patch, vdb-entry)