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CVE-2008-5690

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5690 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Kerberos credential renewal in Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10, and OpenSolaris builds snv_01 through snv_104. This flaw stems from incorrect cache file permissions and a failure of the pam_krb5 store_cred function to properly store credentials. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this is a low-severity local vulnerability requiring no authentication, leading to authentication failures. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
snv_01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
snv_01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
snv_02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_02:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
snv_02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_02:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
snv_03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_03:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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

secunia.com / advisories/33042
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33313
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47291
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5792
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Vendor Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-515.htm
securityfocus.com / bid/32793
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3428
Vendor Advisory