CVE-2008-5099

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: 2008-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Sun Logical Domain Manager (aka LDoms Manager or ldm) 1.0 through 1.0.3 displays the value of the OpenBoot PROM (OBP) security-password variable in cleartext, which allows local users to bypass the SPARC firmware's password protection, and gain privileges or obtain data access, via the "ldm ls -l" command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4992.

Affected products

Sun Logical Domain Manager: 1.0-_nil_, 1.0.1-_nil_, 1.0.2-_nil_, 1.0.3-_nil_

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32674
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021224
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139395-02-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139396-02-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139397-02-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139398-01-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243606-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-460.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32286
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3154
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46594
http://secunia.com/advisories/32674

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