# CVE-2007-6505: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Attackers can evade audit detection by generating records with ID 0 during SSH login on Solaris 9 with specific patches and auditing enabled.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Dec 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gghp-cf4v-c825

## What is CVE-2007-6505?

CVE-2007-6505 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 20 Dec 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Solaris 9, with Solaris Auditing enabled and certain patches for sshd installed, can generate audit records with an audit-ID of 0 even when the user logging into ssh is not root, which makes it easier for attackers to avoid detection and can make it more difficult to conduct forensics activities.

Weakness: CWE-16

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6505?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sun Solaris.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-6505?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-6505 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris

- [CVE-2008-3869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3869/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3870/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4556/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3093/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1081/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-6505 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-6505 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 20 Dec 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6505/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6505/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6505
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6505
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6505

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