CVE-2005-2291 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Oracle JDeveloper 9.0.4, 9.0.5, and 10.1.2 passes the cleartext password as a parameter when starting sqlplus, which allows local users to gain sensitive information.

Published: 2005-07-17

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdeveloper:9.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdeveloper:9.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdeveloper:10.1.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2292	Oracle JDeveloper 9.0.4, 9.0.5, and 10.1.2 passes the cleartext password as a parameter when starting sqlplus, which allows local users to gain 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 0.00798.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112129082323341&w=2
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_jdeveloper_passes_plaintext_password.html

History

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Subscriptions

Oracle Jdeveloper

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-17T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:22:47.768Z

Reserved: 2005-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2291

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-07-18T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2291

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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