01 Record
CVE-2005-2620
grpWise.exe for Novell GroupWise client 5.5 through 6.5.2 stores the password in plaintext in memory, which allows attackers to obtain the password using a debugger or another mechanism to read
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
grpWise.exe for Novell GroupWise client 5.5 through 6.5.2 stores the password in plaintext in memory, which allows attackers to obtain the password using a debugger or another mechanism to read
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
- 1.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.2% 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
- 2005-08-17 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 10356698b7c4e297c2a50848d52b8dbd890ef2fb6e17cb750de477ebfc93a124
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securiteam.comhttp://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5UP0Q0UG0I.html
- support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098073.htm
- archives.neohapsis.com20050825 NOVL-2005010098073 GroupWise Password Cachinghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0858.html
- securitytracker.com1014247http://securitytracker.com/id?1014247
- www.securityfocus.com13997http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13997
- support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972056.htm
- marc.info20050817 NOVL-2005010098073 GroupWise Password Cachinghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431139225724&w=2
- www.osvdb.org17470http://www.osvdb.org/17470
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgroupwise-client-plaintext-password(21075)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21075
- archives.neohapsis.com20050620 Novell GroupWise Plain Text Password Vulnerability.http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-06/0158.html