CVE-2008-4131
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to handling of…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.77%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 44% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to handling of tags with (1) the -t option and (2) the :tag command in the (a) vi, (b) ex, (c) vedit, (d) view, and (e) edit programs.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sun Solaris 9/10 Text Editors - Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32393remote, solarispublished 17 Sept 2008Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.77% · top 44% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 31895 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- solaris-tagfiles-code-execution(45218) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31229 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2614 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 237987 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5884 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-387.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31907 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4114 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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