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CVE-2008-5099

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-11-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2008-5099
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.36%

Original NVD 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.