VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0248
The Solaris Management Console (SMC) GUI for Solaris 8 and 9, when creating user accounts that are configured for password aging, creates the accounts with a blank password, which allows remote or local attackers to break into those accounts.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Solaris Management Console (SMC) GUI for Solaris 8 and 9, when creating user accounts that are configured for password aging, creates the accounts with a blank password, which allows remote or local attackers to break into those accounts.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.39% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/solaris · sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13803/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012860
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1Patch
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18868
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13803/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012860
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1Patch
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18868
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.