CVE-2008-5685 describes a critical vulnerability in Sun ScApp firmware versions 5.18.x, 5.19.x, and 5.20.0 through 5.20.10, affecting Sun Fire and Netra platforms. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full control over the System Controller (SC) and system console, potentially compromising the host OS and causing denial of service through system shutdowns or reboots, all via spoofed IP packets. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is considered extremely severe due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not garnered widespread attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sun:scapp:5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sun:scapp:5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sun:scapp:5.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sun:scapp:5.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.20.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sun:scapp:5.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.