CVE-2006-2546 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A recommended admin password reset mechanism for BEA WebLogic Server 8.1, when followed before October 10, 2005, causes the administrator password to be stored in cleartext in the domain directory, which could allow attackers to gain privileges.

Published: 2006-05-23

Score: 5.0 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:bea:weblogic_server:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2006-2546	A recommended admin password reset mechanism for BEA WebLogic Server 8.1, when followed before October 10, 2005, causes the administrator password to be stored in cleartext in the domain directory, which could allow attackers to gain privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00371.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/193
http://secunia.com/advisories/20130
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016101
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1828
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26460

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Bea Weblogic Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-23T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.890Z

Reserved: 2006-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2546

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-23T10:06:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-2546

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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