{"id":"CVE-2008-5689","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-5689","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:37:46.836Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2008-12-19T17:30:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:00:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["sun/opensolaris","sun/solaris"],"epss":{"score":0.01251,"percentile":0.6923,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2011-01-10","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":15962,"kind":"exploit","title":"Linux Kernel (Solaris 10 / < 5.10 138888-01) - Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15962","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/solaris/local/15962.c","file":"exploits/solaris/local/15962.c","published":"2011-01-10","added":"2011-01-10","updated":"2011-01-10","author":"peri.carding","type":"local","platform":"solaris","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2008-5689"],"tags":null,"aliases":"hoagie_solaris_siocgtunparam.c","applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33160","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4801","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242266-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15962","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499352/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32904","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021464","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3454","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47449","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5949","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33160","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4801","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242266-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15962","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499352/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32904","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021464","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-015.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3454","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47449","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5949","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5689","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."}