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CVE-2005-0248
The Solaris Management Console (SMC) GUI for Solaris 8 and 9, when creating user accounts that are configured for password aging, creates…
High7.5EPSS 1.4%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 12260 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1012860 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 57717 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- P-096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- solaris-smc-blank-password(18868) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 13803 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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