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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…
Low3.5EPSS 0.30%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20145 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- sybase-easerver-jpasswordfield-obtain-info(26567) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1040665 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18036 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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