CVE-2007-0882 Auth bypass in n/a

Critical 10.0 Published 12 Feb 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can bypass authentication in the Solaris telnet daemon by injecting arguments, allowing unauthorized access to accounts like bin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2007-0882?

CVE-2007-0882 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 12 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-88

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0882?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Oracle Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0882?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0882 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2007-0882 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0882 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-jpgv-x3r5-pm29.