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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5746

Original release date:12/29/2008

Last revised:01/06/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) 1.4u2 through 1.5.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Description

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248646-1 This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform * Sun SNMP Management Agent "SUNWmasf" 1.4u2 thru 1.5.4 (For Solaris 8, 9 and 10)

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:6.9 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Solution

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248646-1 This issue is addressed in the following release: SPARC Platform * Sun SNMP Management Agent ("SUNWmasf") 1.5.5 or later (For Solaris 8, 9 and 10) Sun SNMP Management Agent is available for download at http://www.sun.com/download/}

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External Source: XF

Name: snmp-managementagent-symlink(47619)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47619

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021496

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021496

External Source: BID

Name: 33014

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33014

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 248646

Type: Advisory