CVE-2009-0171 — The Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 Server, within a certain range of serial numbers, allows remote attackers to use the manufacturing root password, perform a root login to the eXtended System Control Facility Unit (aka XSCFU or Service Processor), and have unspecified other impact

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HIGH

The Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 Server, within a certain range of serial numbers, allows remote attackers to use the manufacturing root password, perform a root login to the eXtended System Control Facility Unit (aka XSCFU or Service Processor), and have unspecified other impact

Published Jan 16, 2009

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.17%

Description

The Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 Server, within a certain range of serial numbers, allows remote attackers to use the manufacturing root password, perform a root login to the eXtended System Control Facility Unit (aka XSCFU or Service Processor), and have unspecified other impact.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.17% 0.02169

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02169

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	2.17% (0.02169)	81.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.17% (0.02169)	79.85th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.94% (0.00940)	74.64th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.57% (0.00571)	78.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.57% (0.00571)	77.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.57% (0.00571)	74.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (4)

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-249126-1
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33280
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021602
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0207
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-249126-1		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33280		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021602		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0207		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 16, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 16, 2009

Link CVE-2009-0171

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-0171

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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