CVE-2008-1684

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

inetd on Sun Solaris 10, when debug logging is enabled, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/inetd.log temporary file.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29654
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019781
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233284-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28584
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1076
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41626
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5369
http://secunia.com/advisories/29654
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019781
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233284-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28584
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1076

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