PT-2008-6796 · Sun · Sun Snmp Management Agent

Published 2008-12-29 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5746

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) versions 1.4u2 through 1.5.4

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Recommendations For Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) versions 1.4u2 through 1.5.4, consider restricting access to temporary files to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5746

Affected Products

Sun Snmp Management Agent

References · 7

• http://secunia.com/advisories/33328 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5746 · Security Note
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248646-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021496 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47619 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/50987 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33014 · Note