CVE-2007-0882 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 98% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 98.01% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-88 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-02-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| oracle | solaris |
| sun | sunos |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Sun Solaris Telnet - Remote Authentication Bypass (Metasploit) | 2010-06-22 |
| exploit-db | Solaris 10/11 Telnet - Remote Authentication Bypass (Metasploit) | 2007-02-12 |
| exploit-db | SunOS 5.10/5.11 in.TelnetD - Remote Authentication Bypass | 2007-02-11 |
References
- http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/02/trivial-remote-solaris-0day-disable.html
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2220
- http://osvdb.org/31881
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0217.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24120
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102802-1
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/881872
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459831/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459843/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459855/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459980/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460086/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460103/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22512
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017625
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-059A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0560
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32434
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2202
- http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/02/trivial-remote-solaris-0day-disable.html
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