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CVE-2005-3316

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3316 describes a critical vulnerability in Symantec Discovery 4.5.x and 6.0, where the installation process creates default database accounts (DiscoveryWeb and DiscoveryRO) with null passwords. This allows unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized access, potentially escalating privileges or disrupting the application by changing these passwords. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been identified, the lack of community discussion and media coverage suggests it has not garnered significant attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:discovery:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
standard_4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:on_command_discovery:standard_4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
web_4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:on_command_discovery:web_4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0139 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/17302
securityreason.com / securityalert/112
securityresponse.symantec.com / avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.24.html
securitytracker.com / id
securityfocus.com / bid/15188