7.2

CVE-2008-5689: sun opensolaris Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.2v2.0HighModified
Published 19-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5689 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in sun opensolaris. EPSS estimates a 1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
39/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 19-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

tun in IP Tunnel in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_76 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIOCGTUNPARAM IOCTL request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.25% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaselocalsolarisUnverified

    Linux Kernel (Solaris 10 / < 5.10 138888-01) - Local Privilege Escalation

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Sun2 products
  • opensolarissnv_01 | snv_02 | snv_03 | snv_04 | snv_05 | snv_06 | snv_07 | snv_08 | snv_09 | snv_10 | snv_11 | snv_12 | snv_13 | snv_14 | snv_15 | snv_16 | snv_17 | snv_18 | snv_19 | snv_20 | snv_21 | snv_22 | snv_23 | snv_24 | snv_25 | snv_26 | snv_27 | snv_28 | snv_29 | snv_30 | snv_31 | snv_32 | snv_33 | snv_34 | snv_35 | snv_36 | snv_37 | snv_38 | snv_39 | snv_40 | snv_41 | snv_42 | snv_43 | snv_44 | snv_45 | snv_46 | snv_47 | snv_48 | snv_49 | snv_50 | snv_51 | snv_52 | snv_53 | snv_54 | snv_55 | snv_56 | snv_57 | snv_58 | snv_59 | snv_60 | snv_61 | snv_62 | snv_63 | snv_64 | snv_65 | snv_66 | snv_67 | snv_68 | snv_69 | snv_70 | snv_71 | snv_72 | snv_73 | snv_74 | snv_75 | snv_76 | snv_100 | snv_101 | snv_102
  • solaris10.0

1 vendor · 2 products

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