HIGH · 10.0

CVE-2007-0882

Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11 (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) misinterprets certain client "-f" sequences as valid requests for the login program to ski...

Vulnerability Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11 (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) misinterprets certain client "-f" sequences as valid requests for the login program to skip authentication, which allows remote attackers to log into certain accounts, as demonstrated by the bin account.

CVSS Score

10.0

HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
OracleSolaris10
SunSunos5.10

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2007-0882?

CVE-2007-0882 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH). Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11 (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) misinterprets certain client "-f" sequences as valid requests for the login program to ski...

How severe is CVE-2007-0882?

CVE-2007-0882 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 10.0/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2007-0882?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Oracle Solaris, Sun Sunos.