CVE-2008-5746 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) 1.4u2 through 1.5.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2008-12-29

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sun:snmp_management_agent:1.4:update_2:sparc:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:snmp_management_agent:1.5.3::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:snmp_management_agent:1.5.4::sparc:::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10::sparc:::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5716	Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) 1.4u2 through 1.5.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00032.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/50987
http://secunia.com/advisories/33328
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248646-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33014
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021496
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47619

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Snmp Management Agent Solaris

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-29T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:44.561Z

Reserved: 2008-12-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5746

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-29T15:24:23.627

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5746

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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