When was CVE-2005-2620 disclosed?

CVE-2005-2620 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 17, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-2620 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-2620 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 82.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-2620?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-2620, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-2620

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

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.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 82.9%
KEV: Not listed

References (20)

cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-06/0158.html
cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0858.html
cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431139225724&w=2
cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014247
cve@mitrehttp://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098073.htm
cve@mitrehttp://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972056.htm
cve@mitrehttp://www.osvdb.org/17470
cve@mitrehttp://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5UP0Q0UG0I.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13997
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21075
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-06/0158.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0858.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112431139225724&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014247
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098073.htm

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