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CVE-2005-3316

The installation of ON Symantec Discovery 4.5.x and Symantec Discovery 6.0 creates the (1) DiscoveryWeb and (2) Discover

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00905
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
symantec discoveryall versions
symantec on command discoveryall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSharpHound Recon Account Discovery
producthighDiscovery Using AzureHound
producthighPotential GobRAT File Discovery Via Grep
producthighSysmon Discovery Via Default Driver Altitude Using Findstr.EXE
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Using sw_vers
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD27 Oct 2005 · 10:02 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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
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