CVE-2008-0889 describes an insecure permissions vulnerability in Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the redhat-idm-console script. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:el4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:el5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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