CVE-2005-4755 — BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1 SP3 and earlier (1) stores the private key passphrase (CustomTrustKeyStorePassPhrase) in cleartext in nodemanager.config; or, during domain creation with the Configuration Wizard, renders an SSL private key passphrase in cleartext (2) on a terminal or (3) in a log file, which might allow local users to obtain cryptographic keys

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BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1 SP3 and earlier (1) stores the private key passphrase (CustomTrustKeyStorePassPhrase) in cleartext in nodemanager.config; or, during domain creation with the Configuration Wizard, renders an SSL private key passphrase in cleartext (2) on a terminal or (3) in a log file, which might allow local users to obtain cryptographic keys

Published Apr 1, 2006

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.37%

Description

BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1 SP3 and earlier (1) stores the private key passphrase (CustomTrustKeyStorePassPhrase) in cleartext in nodemanager.config; or, during domain creation with the Configuration Wizard, renders an SSL private key passphrase in cleartext (2) on a terminal or (3) in a log file, which might allow local users to obtain cryptographic keys.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.37% 0.00369

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00369

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.37% (0.00369)	28.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.37% (0.00369)	28.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.08% (0.00081)	21.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/145
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BEAPatchVendor Advisory
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/150
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BEAPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17138
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15052
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/145		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BEAPatchVendor Advisory
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/150		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BEAPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17138		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15052		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 1, 2006

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Mar 31, 2006

Link CVE-2005-4755

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-4755

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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