CVE-2006-2539 — Sybase EAServer 5.0 for HP-UX Itanium, 5.2 for IBM AIX, HP-UX PA-RISC, Linux x86, and Sun Solaris SPARC, and 5.3 for Sun Solaris SPARC does not properly protect passwords when they are being entered via the GUI, which allows local users to obtain the cleartext passwords via the getSelectedText function in javax.swing.JPasswordField component

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Sybase EAServer 5.0 for HP-UX Itanium, 5.2 for IBM AIX, HP-UX PA-RISC, Linux x86, and Sun Solaris SPARC, and 5.3 for Sun Solaris SPARC does not properly protect passwords when they are being entered via the GUI, which allows local users to obtain the cleartext passwords via the getSelectedText function in javax.swing.JPasswordField component

Published May 22, 2006

3.5

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.30%

Description

Sybase EAServer 5.0 for HP-UX Itanium, 5.2 for IBM AIX, HP-UX PA-RISC, Linux x86, and Sun Solaris SPARC, and 5.3 for Sun Solaris SPARC does not properly protect passwords when they are being entered via the GUI, which allows local users to obtain the cleartext passwords via the getSelectedText function in javax.swing.JPasswordField component.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.30% 0.00302

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

EPSS probability 0.00302

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 2, 2026	0.30% (0.00302)	20.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.30% (0.00302)	21.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00065)	17.46th	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 (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/20145
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18036
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1040665
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1869
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26567
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20145		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18036		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1040665		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1869		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26567		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 22, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 22, 2006

Link CVE-2006-2539

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-2539

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-2539