CVE-2005-0248

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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

Sun Solaris: 8.0, 9.0
Sunos: 5.8

References

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
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

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