CVE-2008-5099

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 17, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5099: Medium severity, CVSS 4.6 | Vulnix