CVE-2008-5746

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5746
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-29 15:24:23 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionSun 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Snmp Management Agent 1.4 update_2 sparc All
Application Sun Snmp Management Agent 1.5.3 All sparc All
Application Sun Snmp Management Agent 1.5.4 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9 All sparc All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sun SNMP Management Agent Insecure Temporary Files - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Sun SNMP Management Agent Temporary File Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Sun SNMP Management Agent Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/50987 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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