Blank Password Vulnerability in Solaris Management Console (SMC) GUI

Blank Password Vulnerability in Solaris Management Console (SMC) GUI

CVE-2005-0248 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The Solaris Management Console (SMC) GUI for Solaris 8 and 9, when creating user accounts that are configured for password aging, creates the accounts with a blank password, which allows remote or local attackers to break into those accounts.

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