CVE-2005-0357
EMC Legato NetWorker, Sun Solstice Backup 6.0 and 6.1, and StorEdge Enterprise Backup 7.0 through 7.2 rely on AUTH_UNIX authentication, which relies on user ID for authentication and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
EMC Legato NetWorker, Sun Solstice Backup 6.0 and 6.1, and StorEdge Enterprise Backup 7.0 through 7.2 rely on AUTH_UNIX authentication, which relies on user ID for authentication and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by spoofing a username or UID.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.50% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- emc/legato networker · sun/solstice backup · sun/storedge enterprise backup software
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 4.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16464Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16470Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014713Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101886-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606857Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.legato.com/support/websupport/product_alerts/081605_NW_authentication.htmPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/18800
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14582Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21887
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16464Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16470Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014713Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101886-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606857Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.legato.com/support/websupport/product_alerts/081605_NW_authentication.htmPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/18800
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14582Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21887
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.