CVE-2008-5099 (GCVE-0-2008-5099)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-17 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Sun Logical Domain Manager (aka LDoms Manager or ldm) 1.0 through 1.0.3 displays the value of the OpenBoot PROM (OBP) security-password variable in cleartext, which allows local users to bypass the SPARC firmware's password protection, and gain privileges or obtain data access, via the "ldm ls -l" command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4992.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/32674 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32286 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2008-11-12 00:00
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