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.
CVE-2007-0882
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 10.0 — v2 rates that HIGH (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 97.8% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 98%
- Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Exploit-DB (verified), epss top5pct, epss high, public exploit)
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 10.0HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 10.0(low)
- EG Risk
- 89(Track)EG Risk 89/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity100% × 45%Exploitation98% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 98%
- EPSS %ILE
- 100%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 12, 2007
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (38)
- cve@mitrehttp://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/02/trivial-remote-solaris-0day-disable.html
- cve@mitrehttp://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2220
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/31881
- cve@mitrehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0217.html
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24120
- cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102802-1
- cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/881872
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459831/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459843/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459855/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459980/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460086/100/100/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460103/100/100/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22512
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017625
Weakness Classification(2)
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Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(4 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (3 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16328✓ verifiedFirst seen Jun 22, 2010
Sun Solaris Telnet - Remote Authentication Bypass (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-9918✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 12, 2007
Solaris 10/11 Telnet - Remote Authentication Bypass (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/solaris/telnet/fuser✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 12, 2007
Sun Solaris Telnet Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-3293✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 11, 2007
SunOS 5.10/5.11 in.TelnetD - Remote Authentication Bypass
Open source ↗
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- CVE-2005-3650EG 9.3EPSS p93HIGH
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