Vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris
CVE-2008-5699
The name service cache daemon (nscd) in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_50 through snv_104 does not properly check permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Opensolaris — versions snv_50, snv_51, snv_52
- Sun Solaris — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/33218 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/50934 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32921 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)