CVE-2005-3316

critical

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15188

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015097

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.24.html

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/112

http://secunia.com/advisories/17302

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-10-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00905