The installation of ON Symantec Discovery 4.5.x and Symantec Discovery 6.0 creates the (1) DiscoveryWeb and (2) DiscoveryRO database accounts with null passwords, which could allow attackers to gain privileges or prevent Discovery from running by setting another password.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery | Symantec | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) |
| On_command_discovery | Symantec | standard_4.5 (including) | standard_4.5 (including) |
| On_command_discovery | Symantec | web_4.5 (including) | web_4.5 (including) |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17302
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/112
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.24.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015097
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17302
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/112
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.24.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015097
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15188