---
id: 8303
title: "Oracle’s stealth password cracking vulnerability"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/oracles-stealth-password-cracking-vulnerability/"
published_at: "2013-01-21T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["authentication", "vulnerability", "password-cracking", "database", "oracle"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8303"
lang: en
---

# Oracle’s stealth password cracking vulnerability

## Summary

Oracle Database 11g's authentication protocol allows stealth password cracking—brute forcing leaves no failed-login evidence—and the fix requires upgrading to the new authentication protocol.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2013-01-21T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/oracles-stealth-password-cracking-vulnerability/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8303