CVE-2008-5099 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2008-5099

Sun Logical Domain Manager (aka LDoms Manager or ldm) 1.0...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2008-5099

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

logical domain manager
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: November 17th, 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.