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8.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sun SNMP Management Agent up to 1.5.3. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Sun 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.
The weakness was disclosed 12/24/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5746 since 12/29/2008. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as highly functional.
A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (47619).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
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Exploiting
Class: Link followingCWE: CWE-59
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Highly functional
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/24/2008 🔍12/24/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 🔍
12/04/2017 🔍
Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-5746 (🔍)
X-Force: 47619 - Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) symlink
SecurityTracker: 1021496
SecurityFocus: 33014 - Sun SNMP Management Agent Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 33328 - Sun SNMP Management Agent Insecure Temporary Files, Less Critical
OSVDB: 50987 - Sun SNMP Management Agent Unspecified Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 12/04/2017 10:43
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (64), 12/04/2017 10:43 (1)
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