CVE-2005-0248

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Published Feb 8, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0249	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.387% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:05 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 8, 2005, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:05 PM
Reserved: Feb 8, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 2, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

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