CVE-2006-3663 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Finjan Vital Security Appliance 5100/8100 NG 8.3.5 stores passwords in plaintext in a backup file, which allows local users to gain privileges. NOTE: the vendor has notified CVE that this issue was fixed in 8.3.6.

Published: 2006-07-17

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:finjan:vital_security:ng-5100_8.3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:finjan:vital_security:ng-8100_8.3.5:::::::*

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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-2006-3658	Finjan Vital Security Appliance 5100/8100 NG 8.3.5 stores passwords in plaintext in a backup file, which allows local users to gain privileges. NOTE: the vendor has notified CVE that this issue was fixed in 8.3.6.

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 0.00065.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047797.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440128/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18940
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27709

History

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Subscriptions

Finjan Vital Security

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-07-17T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:53.582Z

Reserved: 2006-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3663

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-18T15:47:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-3663

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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