MEDIUM
grpWise.exe for Novell GroupWise client 5.5 through 6.5.2 stores the password in plaintext in memory, which allows attackers to obtain the password using a debugger or another mechanism to read process memory
Published Aug 17, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.97%
Description
grpWise.exe for Novell GroupWise client 5.5 through 6.5.2 stores the password in plaintext in memory, which allows attackers to obtain the password using a debugger or another mechanism to read process memory.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.97% 0.01974
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01974
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 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 79.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.08% (0.02077) | 82.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.77% (0.00765) | 81.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 1.03% (0.01026) | 83.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01026) | 81.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-06/0158.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0858.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431139225724&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014247 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKVendor Advisory
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098073.htm x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972056.htm x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/17470 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5UP0Q0UG0I.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13997 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21075 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-06/0158.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0858.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431139225724&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014247 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098073.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972056.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/17470 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5UP0Q0UG0I.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13997 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21075 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 17, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 17, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2620
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a