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CVE-2005-3316

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Symantec Discovery: 6.0
• Symantec On Command Discovery: standard_4.5, web_4.5

References

• 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
• 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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