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CVE-2008-1343

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1343 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the pkgadd and pkgrm utilities within SCO UnixWare 7.1.4. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges through unspecified means. With a CVSS score of 4.9, it is considered a low-severity local attack requiring low complexity, primarily impacting integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-5355) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5355 · Apr 4, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/unixware7/714/security/p534589/p534589.txt
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/29370
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41200
securityfocus.com / bid/28236
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0871