CVE-2005-0248

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2005-05-02 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:25:00

Affected Software

Sun SunOS (Solaris 8) 5.8

5.8

References

13803

Patch, Vendor Advisory

1012860

57717

Patch

P-096

Vendor Advisory

12260

Patch

solaris-smc-blank-password(18868)

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