CVE-2008-1684 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting inetd on Sun Solaris 10 when debug logging is enabled. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/inetd.log temporary file, leading to arbitrary file writes. The CVSS score of 4.7 indicates a medium severity, requiring local access and moderate attack complexity, with the potential for complete data availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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