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CVE-2005-2620
grpWise.exe for Novell GroupWise client 5.5 through 6.5.2 stores the password in plaintext in memory, which allows attackers to obtain the…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
grpWise.exe for Novell GroupWise client 5.5 through 6.5.2 stores the password in plaintext in memory, which allows attackers to obtain the password using a debugger or another mechanism to read process memory.
Timeline
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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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5UP0Q0UG0I.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098073.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20050825 NOVL-2005010098073 GroupWise Password Caching (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 1014247 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 13997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972056.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20050817 NOVL-2005010098073 GroupWise Password Caching (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- groupwise-client-plaintext-password(21075) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20050620 Novell GroupWise Plain Text Password Vulnerability. (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2621 (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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