CVE-2006-2539

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Sybase EAServer 5.0 for HP-UX Itanium, 5.2 for IBM AIX, HP-UX PA-RISC, Linux x86, and Sun Solaris SPARC, and 5.3 for Sun Solaris SPARC does not properly protect passwords when they are being entered via the GUI, which allows local users to obtain the cleartext passwords via the getSelectedText function in javax.swing.JPasswordField component.

Affected products

Sybase Easerver: 5.0, 5.2, 5.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18036
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1040665
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1869
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26567
http://secunia.com/advisories/20145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18036
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1040665
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1869
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26567

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