The installation of ON Symantec Discovery 4.5.x and Symantec Discovery 6.0 creates the…
Priority LOW 36Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01394 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3316
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2pq6-j348-rpc3
References
More Symantec Discovery vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-01140 Multiple buffer overflows in the CentennialIPTransferServer service (XFERWAN.EXE), as… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2007-02430 Stack-based buffer overflow in XferWan.exe as used in multiple products including (1)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-02856 Centennial Discovery 2006 Feature Pack 1, which is used by (1) Numara Asset Manager 8.0… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2005-3316 · CVE Program
- CVE-2005-3316 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2pq6-j348-rpc3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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