CVE-1999-1256 — Oracle Database Assistant 1.0 in Oracle 8.0.3 Enterprise Edition stores the database master password in plaintext in the spoolmain.log file when a new database is created, which allows local users to obtain the password from that file

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Oracle Database Assistant 1.0 in Oracle 8.0.3 Enterprise Edition stores the database master password in plaintext in the spoolmain.log file when a new database is created, which allows local users to obtain the password from that file

Published Sep 12, 2001

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.93%

Description

Oracle Database Assistant 1.0 in Oracle 8.0.3 Enterprise Edition stores the database master password in plaintext in the spoolmain.log file when a new database is created, which allows local users to obtain the password from that file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.93% 0.01928

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01928

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.93% (0.01928)	79.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.93% (0.01928)	77.26th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.27% (0.00265)	47.98th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	28.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 11, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	26.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00062)	24.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92056752115116&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/12744
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1902
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92056752115116&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/12744		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1902		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Link CVE-1999-1256

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1256

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-1999-1256