CVE-2009-0171

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 Server, within a certain range of serial numbers, allows remote attackers to use the manufacturing root password, perform a root login to the eXtended System Control Facility Unit (aka XSCFU or Service Processor), and have unspecified other impact.

Affected products

Sun Sparc Enterprise Server: m4000, m5000

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-249126-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33280
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021602
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0207
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-249126-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33280
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021602
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0207

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