# CVE-2007-0882: Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11 (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) misinterprets certain client "

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2007-02-12 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459843/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0560
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32434
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/881872
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2202
- http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/02/trivial-remote-solaris-0day-disable.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460086/100/100/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24120
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0217.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017625
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2220
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102802-1
- http://osvdb.org/31881
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22512
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459831/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460103/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459980/100/0/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-059A.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459855/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3293
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9918
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16328
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/solaris/telnet/fuser.rb

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