CVE-2008-5099
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…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-460.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139395-02-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1021224 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139397-02-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139398-01-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 243606 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 32674 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32286 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139396-02-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- sun-ldoms-auth-bypass(46594) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2008-5078 (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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