CVE-2006-4642 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

AuditWizard 6.3.2, when using "Remote Audit," logs the administrator password in plaintext to LaytonCmdSvc.log, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

Published: 2006-09-08

Score: 1.7 Low

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:auditwizard:auditwizard:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2006-4630	AuditWizard 6.3.2, when using "Remote Audit," logs the administrator password in plaintext to LaytonCmdSvc.log, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00074.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21773
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1525
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016795
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445220/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19860
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3498
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28743

History

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Subscriptions

Auditwizard Auditwizard

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-09-08T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:14:47.781Z

Reserved: 2006-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4642

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-08T21:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-4642

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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