CVE-2008-5699 in Solaris

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 12/22/2008
• Disclosure: 12/22/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-45622
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-264 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00045
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5699
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5699
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-5699/