CVE-2008-1684
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD
inetd on Sun Solaris 10, when debug logging is enabled, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/inetd.log temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.2% (14th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1685)
- Published
- April 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1685 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29654(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019781
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233284-1(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28584
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1076
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41626
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5369
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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