7.5

CVE-2005-3316: symantec discovery

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 27-10-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-3316 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in symantec discovery. EPSS estimates a 1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-10-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The installation of ON Symantec Discovery 4.5.x and Symantec Discovery 6.0 creates the (1) DiscoveryWeb and (2) DiscoveryRO database accounts with null passwords, which could allow attackers to gain privileges or prevent Discovery from running by setting another password.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.39% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Symantec2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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