CVE-2008-0730

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The (1) Simplified Chinese, (2) Traditional Chinese, (3) Korean, and (4) Thai language input methods in Sun Solaris 10 create files and directories with weak permissions under (a) .iiim/le and (b) .Xlocale in home directories, which might allow local users to write to, or read from, the home directories of other users.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28931
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201315-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27770
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0452
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5545
http://secunia.com/advisories/28931
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201315-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27770
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0452
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5545

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