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CVE-2008-0242

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0242 describes an unspecified vulnerability in libdevinfo within Sun Solaris 10, allowing local users to access files and escalate privileges due to issues with login device permissions. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this high-severity flaw has a local attack vector with low complexity, enabling complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/28493
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39629
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5211
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
securityfocus.com / bid/27253
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0131