eSeSIX Thintune thin clients running firmware 2.4.38 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-DEL and entering the "maertsJ" password, which is hard-coded into lshell
Published May 10, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.44%
Description
eSeSIX Thintune thin clients running firmware 2.4.38 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-DEL and entering the "maertsJ" password, which is hard-coded into lshell.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.4.38
- 2.4.38
- 2.4.38
- 2.4.38
- 2.4.38
- 2.4.38
- 2.4.38
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00444) | 36.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00444) | 35.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00121) | 28.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109068491801021&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12154 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploit
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010770 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.osvdb.org/8248 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10794 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16808 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109068491801021&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/12154 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploit | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1010770 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/8248 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10794 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16808 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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