CVE-2008-5699
N/A
Published: December 22, 2008 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSolarisOpensolaris
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
snv_100snv_101snv_102snv_103snv_104snv_50snv_51snv_52snv_53snv_54snv_55snv_56snv_57snv_58snv_59snv_60snv_61snv_62snv_63snv_64snv_65snv_66snv_67snv_68snv_69snv_70snv_71snv_72snv_73snv_74snv_75snv_76snv_77snv_78snv_79snv_80snv_81snv_82snv_83snv_84snv_85snv_86snv_87snv_88snv_89snv_90snv_91snv_92snv_93snv_94snv_95snv_96snv_97snv_98snv_99
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242006-1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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