CVE-2008-1056 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-1056

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Symark PowerBroker 2.8 through 5.0.1...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Symark PowerBroker 2.8 through 5.0.1 allow local users to gain privileges via a long argv[0] string when executing (1) pbrun, (2) pbsh, or (3) pbksh. NOTE: the product is often installed in environments with trust relationships that facilitate subsequent remote compromises.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

powerbroker
Vulnerable Versions:
2.8, 3.0, 3.2, 3.5, 4.0, 5.0, 5.01

Timeline

Official Publish: February 28th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.