CVE-2008-3946

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The finger client in HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS 5.x allows local users to read arbitrary files via a link corresponding to a (1) .plan or (2) .project file.

Affected products

HP Openvms: 5

References

http://deathrow.vistech.net/DEFCON16/VMS.PDF
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45135
http://deathrow.vistech.net/DEFCON16/VMS.PDF
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45135

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