CVE-2008-0890

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: 2008-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP4 uses insecure permissions for certain directories, which allows local users to modify JAR files and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Affected products

RedHat Directory Server: through 7.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29350
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0173.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28204
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019577
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41152
http://secunia.com/advisories/29350
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0173.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28204
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019577
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41152

Get alerted when CVE-2008-0890 or the next vulnerability affects your stack