CVE-2005-3316

N/A Unknown
Published: October 27, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17302
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/112
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.24.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015097
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15188
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/17302
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/112
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.24.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015097
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15188
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.9%
76th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

symantec