Teradata Viewpoint before 14.0 and 16.20.00.02-b80 contains a hardcoded password of TDv1i2e3w4 for the viewpoint database account (in viewp…

published 2019-01-21 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-16058

cvss: 8.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 0; none known

Teradata Viewpoint before 14.0 and 16.20.00.02-b80 contains a hardcoded password of TDv1i2e3w4 for the viewpoint database account (in viewpoint-portal\conf\server.xml) that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

teradata viewpoint 14.0

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Exploit prediction

1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

inf0seq.github.io /cve/2019/01/20/Teradata-Viewpoint-Hardcoded-Password-Vulnerability.html
third-party-advisory
github.com /inf0seq/inf0seq.github.io/blob/master/_posts/2019-01-20-Teradata%20Viewpoint%20Hardcoded%20Password%20Vulnera
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-6499
NVD CVE-2019-6499

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