Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11 (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) misinterprets certain client "
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.
- Published
- Feb 12, 2007
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 98.0% · 100th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-88
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Action score
69
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- CVSS
- 40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 29 / 30 · 98.0%
Affected systems
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- oracle solaris10
- oracle solaris11
- sun sunos5.10
- sun sunos5.11
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Remediation
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×3
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2007-02-12 |
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2010-06-22 |
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2007-02-11 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/solaris/telnet/fuserSun Solaris Telnet Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilityexploit | 2007-02-12 |
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- First PoC-2 d
- Metasploit-1 d
- Published
- TodaySep 30, 2026+7170 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Parameter InjectionCAPEC-137likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Flash Parameter InjectionCAPEC-174likelihood: High · Medium
- Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious PayloadsCAPEC-41likelihood: High · High
- HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP)CAPEC-460Medium
- OS Command InjectionCAPEC-88likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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References
- osvdb.org/31881
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Feb/0217.html
- secunia.com/advisories/24120
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102802-1
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/881872
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459831/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459843/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459855/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459980/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460086/100/100/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460103/100/100/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22512
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1017625
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-059A.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0560
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32434
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2202
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.