CVE-2008-5116
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in idm/includes/helpServer.jsp in Sun Java System Identity Manager 6.0 through 6.0 SP4, 7.0, and 7.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files in the filesystem of the IDM server via directory traversal sequences in the ext parameter.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5095)
- Published
- November 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5095 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / java system identity manager
- sun / java system identity manager
- sun / java system identity manager
- sun / java system identity manager
- sun / java system identity manager
- sun / java system identity manager
- sun / java system identity manager
References
- http://osvdb.org/49767
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32606(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243386-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR08-09.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498487/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32262(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021170
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3128(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46554
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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