CVE-2008-5746

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Sun SNMP Management Agent (SUNWmasf) 1.4u2 through 1.5.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

Sun Snmp Management Agent: 1.4-update_2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4

References

http://osvdb.org/50987
http://secunia.com/advisories/33328
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248646-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33014
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021496
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47619
http://osvdb.org/50987
http://secunia.com/advisories/33328
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248646-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33014
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021496
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47619

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