CVE-2005-0844

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0844
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionNortel 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-310

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Nortel Contivity 5.01 All All All
Hardware Nortel Contivity 5.01 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Nortel VPN Client Issue: Clear-text password stored in memory' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
NTA news MISC www.nta-monitor.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Nortel Contivity VPN Client Discloses Passwords to Local Users SECTRACK securitytracker.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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