CVE-2005-0604 describes a plaintext credential storage vulnerability in GFI Languard Network Security Scanner 5.0, where the lnss.exe process stores usernames and passwords in memory. This flaw allows local administrators to potentially retrieve domain administrator credentials. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it represents a low-severity local attack requiring low access complexity, with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gfi:languard_network_security_scanner:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.