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.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/13803/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012860
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1	Patch
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtml	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260	Patch
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=1-26-57717-1	Patch
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtml	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260	Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18868

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2005-05-02 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2005-0248

Mitre link : CVE-2005-0248

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-0248

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sun

solaris
sunos

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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