CVE-2008-5746 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) versions 1.4u2 through 1.5.4, affecting Sun Solaris systems. An attacker can exploit this flaw via a symlink attack on temporary files, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not a widely targeted threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:snmp_management_agent:1.4:update_2:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:snmp_management_agent:1.5.3:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:snmp_management_agent:1.5.4:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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