CVE-1999-1256 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Oracle Database Assistant 1.0 in Oracle 8.0.3 Enterprise Edition stores the database master password in plaintext in the spoolmain.log file when a new database is created, which allows local users to obtain the password from that file.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_assistant:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1237	Oracle Database Assistant 1.0 in Oracle 8.0.3 Enterprise Edition stores the database master password in plaintext in the spoolmain.log file when a new database is created, which allows local users to obtain the password from that file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00265.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92056752115116&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/12744
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1902

History

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Subscriptions

Oracle Database Assistant

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:01.706Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1256

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-03-04T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1256

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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