CVE-2008-5746 (GCVE-0-2008-5746)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-29 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:04
VLAI
Summary
Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) 1.4u2 through 1.5.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33014 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021496 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/33328 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://osvdb.org/50987 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Date Public
2008-12-24 00:00
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