EMC Legato NetWorker, Sun Solstice Backup 6.0 and 6.1, and StorEdge Enterprise Backup 7.0 through 7.2 rely on AUTH_UNIX authentication, which relies on user ID for authentication and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by spoofing a username or UID
Published Aug 20, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.50%
Description
EMC Legato NetWorker, Sun Solstice Backup 6.0 and 6.1, and StorEdge Enterprise Backup 7.0 through 7.2 rely on AUTH_UNIX authentication, which relies on user ID for authentication and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by spoofing a username or UID.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.2.2
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 7.2
- 7.13
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 7.2
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:N/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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.50% (0.04498) | 91.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.50% (0.04498) | 90.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 17.71% (0.17713) | 94.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.50% (0.15505) | 91.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 17.71% (0.17713) | 94.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 20.12% (0.20119) | 95.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 74.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 72.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 10, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 70.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 11, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00564) | 74.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.80% (0.00800) | 78.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16464 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16470 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014713 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101886-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606857 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.legato.com/support/websupport/product_alerts/081605_NW_authentication.htm x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/18800 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14582 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21887 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16464 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16470 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014713 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101886-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/606857 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.legato.com/support/websupport/product_alerts/081605_NW_authentication.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/18800 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14582 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21887 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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