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CVE-2005-0604
lnss.exe in GFI Languard Network Security Scanner 5.0 stores the username and password in memory in plaintext, which could allow local…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.42%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
lnss.exe in GFI Languard Network Security Scanner 5.0 stores the username and password in memory in plaintext, which could allow local administrators to obtain domain administrator credentials.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- http://www.hat-squad.com/en/000160.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050228 [Hat-Squad] GFI L.N.S.S 5.0 Insecure Credential Storage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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