CVE-2008-5099
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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 29th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- sun/logical domain manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32674Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021224
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139395-02-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139396-02-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139397-02-1Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139398-01-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243606-1Vendor Advisory
- 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/32674Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021224
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139395-02-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139396-02-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139397-02-1Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139398-01-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243606-1Vendor Advisory
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.