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CVE-2005-3203
The manual installation of Oracle HTML DB (HTMLDB) 1.3 through 1.3.6 stores the SYS password in install.lst in plaintext, which allows…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.57%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The manual installation of Oracle HTML DB (HTMLDB) 1.3 through 1.3.6 stores the SYS password in install.lst in plaintext, which allows local users to gain privileges.
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)
- 0.57% · top 53% 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 (6)
- 15033 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20051007 Plaintext Password Vulnerabilitiy during Installation of Oracle HTMLDB (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 14935 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_htmldb_plaintext_password.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oracle-htmldb-install-plaintext-password(22542) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20051007 Plaintext Password Vulnerabilitiy during Installation of Oracle (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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