CVE-2005-1518 describes an unknown vulnerability in Solaris versions 7 through 9, specifically when Federated Naming Services (FNS), autofs, and FNS X.500 configuration are in use. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by "accessing" /xfn/_x500, leading to a denial of service due to an automountd crash. With a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and has a low impact, primarily causing availability issues. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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