CVE-2005-0248

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18868

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12260

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-096.shtml

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57717-1

http://securitytracker.com/id?1012860

http://secunia.com/advisories/13803/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00567