CVE-2008-1684

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

inetd on Sun Solaris 10, when debug logging is enabled, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/inetd.log temporary file.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59 CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 6, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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