CVE-2008-3875 describes a kernel vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8-10 and OpenSolaris (before snv_90) that allows local users to bypass security mechanisms like chroot, zones, and Trusted Extensions. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this flaw permits an attacker to establish a covert communication channel and achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is severe, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= build_snv_89CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
build_snv_01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:build_snv_01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
build_snv_02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:build_snv_02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
build_snv_13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:build_snv_13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
build_snv_19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:build_snv_19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.