CVE-2019-6499

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Teradata Viewpoint before 14.0 and 16.20.00.02-b80 contains a hardcoded password of TDv1i2e3w4 for the viewpoint database account (in viewpoint-portal\conf\server.xml) that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Affected products

Teradata Viewpoint: before 14.0; 16.20.00.02-b80 — fixed in 14.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Teradata Viewpoint 14.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/inf0seq/inf0seq.github.io/blob/master/_posts/2019-01-20-Teradata%20Viewpoint%20Hardcoded%20Password%20Vulnerability.md
https://inf0seq.github.io/cve/2019/01/20/Teradata-Viewpoint-Hardcoded-Password-Vulnerability.html
https://github.com/inf0seq/inf0seq.github.io/blob/master/_posts/2019-01-20-Teradata%20Viewpoint%20Hardcoded%20Password%20Vulnerability.md
https://inf0seq.github.io/cve/2019/01/20/Teradata-Viewpoint-Hardcoded-Password-Vulnerability.html

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