CVE-2008-4131

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to handling of tags with (1) the -t option and (2) the :tag command in the (a) vi, (b) ex, (c) vedit, (d) view, and (e) edit programs.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 8, 9, 10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31895
http://secunia.com/advisories/31907
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020898
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237987-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-387.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31229
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2614
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45218
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5884
http://secunia.com/advisories/31895
http://secunia.com/advisories/31907
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020898

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