Sun SNMP Management Agent up to 1.5.3 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Sun SNMP Management Agent up to 1.5.3. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5746. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

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 databases at X-Force (47619), SecurityFocus (BID 33014†), OSVDB (50987†), Secunia (SA33328†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021496†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Highly functional

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/24/2008 🔍
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12/25/2008 +1 days 🔍
12/26/2008 +1 days 🔍
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12/29/2008 +2 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2269 days 🔍
12/04/2017 +993 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-5746 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5746
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45677
X-Force: 47619 - Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) symlink
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
SecurityTracker: 1021496

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 12/04/2017 10:43
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (64), 12/04/2017 10:43 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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