{"id":"CVE-2008-5099","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-5099","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:56.331Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2008-11-17T18:18:48.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:59:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["sun/logical domain manager"],"epss":{"score":0.00352,"percentile":0.28644,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32674","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1021224","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139395-02-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139396-02-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139397-02-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139398-01-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243606-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-460.htm","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32286","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3154","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46594","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32674","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1021224","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139395-02-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139396-02-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139397-02-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139398-01-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243606-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-460.htm","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32286","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3154","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46594","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5099","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}