CVE-2009-0171 affects specific serial number ranges of Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 Servers, allowing remote attackers to log in as root to the eXtended System Control Facility Unit (XSCFU) using a hardcoded manufacturing root password. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
m4000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sun:sparc_enterprise_server:m4000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
m5000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sun:sparc_enterprise_server:m5000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.