CVE-2005-0248 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00567.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sun	Solaris Sunos

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:::::::*

No data.

No data.

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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-08T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:25.446Z

Reserved: 2005-02-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0248

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-0248

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2005-01-10T00:00:00", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-07-10T14:57:01", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "12260", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260"}, {"name": "1012860", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK"], "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1012860"}, {"name": "57717", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUNALERT"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1"}, {"name": "P-096", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "government-resource", "x_refsource_CIAC"], "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtml"}, {"name": "solaris-smc-blank-password(18868)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18868"}, {"name": "13803", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/13803/"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2005-0248", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "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."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "12260", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260"}, {"name": "1012860", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1012860"}, {"name": "57717", "refsource": "SUNALERT", "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1"}, {"name": "P-096", "refsource": "CIAC", "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtml"}, {"name": "solaris-smc-blank-password(18868)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18868"}, {"name": "13803", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/13803/"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T21:05:25.446Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "12260", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260"}, {"name": "1012860", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1012860"}, {"name": "57717", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUNALERT", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1"}, {"name": "P-096", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "government-resource", "x_refsource_CIAC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtml"}, {"name": "solaris-smc-blank-password(18868)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18868"}, {"name": "13803", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/13803/"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2005-0248", "datePublished": "2005-02-08T05:00:00", "dateReserved": "2005-02-08T00:00:00", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T21:05:25.446Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "1894C542-AA81-40A9-BF47-AE24C93C1ACB", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A711CDC2-412C-499D-9FA6-7F25B06267C6", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "0B837BB7-5F62-4CD5-9C64-8553C28EA8A7", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A2475113-CFE4-41C8-A86F-F2DA6548D224", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "id": "CVE-2005-0248", "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 7.5, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": true, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2005-05-02T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/13803/"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1012860"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtml"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18868"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/13803/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1012860"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtml"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18868"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}