Symantec Discovery Web Accounts Default Password Vulnerability

BID:15188

Info

Symantec Discovery Web Accounts Default Password Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15188
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 25 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 25 2005 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: Symantec ON Command Discovery Web Edition 4.5
Symantec ON Command Discovery Standard Edition 4.5
Symantec Discovery 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Symantec Discovery Web Accounts Default Password Vulnerability

Symantec Discovery is prone to a vulnerability regarding the installation password.

Remote and local attackers can exploit this issue to gain access to the database without requiring a valid password. This may facilitate further attacks against the database and possibly the underlying system.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Discovery Web Accounts Default Password Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

References

Symantec Discovery Web Accounts Default Password Vulnerability

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