| Plugin ID | 28 |
| Plugin name | Sun Solaris unused accounts disclosure |
| Plugin filename | Sun Solaris finger unused accounts disclosure.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 2671 bytes |
| Plugin family | Finger |
| Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
| Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
| Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
| Plugin created company | computec.ch |
| Plugin created date | 2003/11/14 |
| Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
| Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
| Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
| Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
| Plugin updated date | 2004/11/13 |
| Plugin version | 1.3 |
| Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.3 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 79 |
| Plugin procedure exploit | open|send a b c d e f g h\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists nobody |
| Plugin exploit accuracy | 99 |
| Plugin comment | This plugin was written with the ATK Attack Editor. |
| Bug affected | Sun Solaris |
| Bug not affected | Other unix systems |
| Bug vulnerability class | Configuration |
| Bug description | A bug in the Sun Solaris finger daemon lets an attacker display all unused accounts. He has to send the request finger 'a b c d e f g h'@target. |
| Bug solution | The finger service, if not needed, should be disabled (in /etc/inetd.conf) or if possible firewalled. Sun Microsystems Inc. published a patch that solve this issue. |
| Bug fixing time | 20 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Yes |
| Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3457/exploit/ |
| Bug remote | Yes |
| Bug local | Yes |
| Bug severity | Medium |
| Bug popularity | 7 |
| Bug simplicity | 7 |
| Bug impact | 6 |
| Bug risk | 6 |
| Bug Nessus risk | Medium |
| Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check. |
| Source SecurityFocus BID | 3457 |
| Source Nessus ID | 10788 |
| Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
| Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |