01 Record
CVE-2005-0844
Nortel VPN client 5.01 stores the cleartext password in the memory of the Extranet.exe process, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Nortel VPN client 5.01 stores the cleartext password in the memory of the Extranet.exe process, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-03-24 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-03-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dff3436fdceeee0e753a1d6b751c706744f98f21650d2360304d1d8642af6a23
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20050322 Nortel VPN Client Issue: Clear-text password stored in memoryhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111151589203707&w=2
- securitytracker.com1013512http://securitytracker.com/id?1013512
- www.nta-monitor.comhttp://www.nta-monitor.com/news/vpn-flaws/nortel/nortel-client/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnortel-contivity-information-disclosure(19791)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19791