CVE-2005-3398

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The default configuration of the web server for the Solaris Management Console (SMC) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 enables the HTTP TRACE method, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as cookies and authentication data from HTTP headers.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 9.0, 10.0
Sunos: 5.8

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17334
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015112
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102016-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15222
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2226
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1445
http://secunia.com/advisories/17334
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015112
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102016-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15222
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2226
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1445

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