CVE-2005-4849

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Apache Derby before 10.1.2.1 exposes the (1) user and (2) password attributes in cleartext via (a) the RDBNAM parameter of the ACCSEC command and (b) the output of the DatabaseMetaData.getURL function, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Derby: through 10.1.1.0

References

http://db.apache.org/derby/releases/release-10.1.2.1.html
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-530
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-559
http://db.apache.org/derby/releases/release-10.1.2.1.html
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-530
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-559

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