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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 the accounts with a blank password, which allows remote or local attackers to break into those accounts.

Published: May 2, 2005
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2005-0248
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
sun / sunos	5.8	5.8.x
sun / solaris	9.0	9.0.x
sun / solaris	8.0	8.0.x

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

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