CVE-2008-5689 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.3% (pctl 69)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 1.25% — more likely to be exploited than 69% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sun | opensolaris |
| sun | solaris |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel (Solaris 10 / < 5.10 138888-01) - Local Privilege Escalation | 2011-01-10 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33160
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4801
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242266-1
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15962
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499352/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32904
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021464
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3454
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47449
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33160
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4801
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242266-1
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15962
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499352/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32904
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021464
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3454
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