CVE-2008-3940 (GCVE-0-2008-3940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-05 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the finger client in HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS 5.x allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a (1) .plan or (2) .project file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2311 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31587 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2463 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://deathrow.vistech.net/DEFCON16/VMS.PDF x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30948 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-08-29 00:00
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