CVE-2005-0357

critical

Description

EMC Legato NetWorker, Sun Solstice Backup 6.0 and 6.1, and StorEdge Enterprise Backup 7.0 through 7.2 rely on AUTH_UNIX authentication, which relies on user ID for authentication and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by spoofing a username or UID.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21887

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14582

http://www.osvdb.org/18800

http://www.legato.com/support/websupport/product_alerts/081605_NW_authentication.htm

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606857

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101886-1

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014713

http://secunia.com/advisories/16470

http://secunia.com/advisories/16464

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-23

Updated: 2025-04-03

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: 0.17713