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CVE-2008-3946

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3946 describes a local file disclosure vulnerability in the finger client of HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS 5.x. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, which the finger client then attempts to read as a .plan or .project file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access and only impacts confidentiality by allowing unauthorized file reading. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:openvms:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 0.4 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

deathrow.vistech.net / DEFCON16/VMS.PDF
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45135