CVE-2008-5099
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Sun Logical Domain Manager (aka LDoms Manager or ldm) 1.0 through 1.0.3 displays the value of the OpenBoot PROM (OBP) security-password variable in cleartext, which allows local users to bypass the SPARC firmware's password protection, and gain privileges or obtain data access, via the "ldm ls -l" command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4992.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5078)
- Published
- November 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5078 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / logical domain manager
- sun / logical domain manager
- sun / logical domain manager
- sun / logical domain manager
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32674(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021224
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139395-02-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139396-02-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139397-02-1(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139398-01-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243606-1(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-460.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32286
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3154
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46594
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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