CVE-2005-0357: Emc Legato Networker

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

EMC Legato NetWorker, Sun Solstice Backup 6.0 and 6.1, and StorEdge Enterprise Backup 7.0 through 7.2 rely on AUTH_UNIX authentication, which relies on user ID for authentication and allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by spoofing a username or UID.

Affected products

• Emc Legato Networker: version 4.2.2 only; version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.13 only
• Sun Solstice Backup: version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only
• Sun Storedge Enterprise Backup Software: version 7.0 only; version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only

Published 2005-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.