CVE-1999-1256

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 1999-03-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Oracle Database Assistant 1.0 in Oracle 8.0.3 Enterprise Edition stores the database master password in plaintext in the spoolmain.log file when a new database is created, which allows local users to obtain the password from that file.

Affected products

Oracle Database Assistant: 1.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92056752115116&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/12744
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1902
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92056752115116&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/12744
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1902

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