CVE-2005-0844 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Nortel 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.

Published: 2005-03-24

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:h:nortel:contivity:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0845	Nortel 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.

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 0.00108.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111151589203707&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013512
http://www.nta-monitor.com/news/vpn-flaws/nortel/nortel-client/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19791

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Nortel Contivity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-24T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:28:28.583Z

Reserved: 2005-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0844

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-0844

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-310

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