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 skip authentication, which allows remote attackers to log into certain accounts, as demonstrated by the bin account
Published Feb 12, 2007
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 98.01%
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.
Affected products
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
98.01% 0.98013
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.98013
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 98.01% (0.98013) | 99.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 97.74% (0.97742) | 99.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 91.30% (0.91299) | 99.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 83.43% (0.83429) | 98.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 85.36% (0.85363) | 98.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 18, 2024 | 84.37% (0.84370) | 98.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 9, 2024 | 86.53% (0.86526) | 98.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 2, 2024 | 84.50% (0.84502) | 98.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 85.25% (0.85248) | 98.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 97.33% (0.97328) | 99.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 97.29% (0.97286) | 99.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2023 | 97.29% (0.97292) | 99.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2023 | 97.20% (0.97197) | 99.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2023 | 97.24% (0.97239) | 99.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.16% (0.97164) | 99.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 78.89% (0.78891) | 99.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 78.89% (0.78891) | 99.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (19)
- http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/02/trivial-remote-solaris-0day-disable.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2220 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/31881 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0217.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24120 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102802-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTBroken Link
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/881872 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459831/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459843/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459855/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459980/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460086/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460103/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22512 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017625 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-059A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0560 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32434 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2202 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/02/trivial-remote-solaris-0day-disable.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2220 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/31881 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0217.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24120 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102802-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTBroken Link | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/881872 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459831/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459843/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459855/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459980/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460086/100/100/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460103/100/100/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22512 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017625 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-059A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0560 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32434 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2202 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 12, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 12, 2007
Link CVE-2007-0882
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a