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CVE-2005-2291

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Oracle JDeveloper 9.0.4, 9.0.5, and 10.1.2 passes the cleartext password as a parameter when starting sqlplus, which allows local users to gain sensitive information.

Affected products

• Oracle Corporation Oracle JDeveloper: 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 10.1.2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112129082323341&w=2
• http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_jdeveloper_passes_plaintext_password.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112129082323341&w=2
• http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_jdeveloper_passes_plaintext_password.html

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