CVE-2008-5417 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2008-5417

HP DECnet-Plus 8.3 before ECO03 for OpenVMS on the Alpha...

Vulnerability Description

HP DECnet-Plus 8.3 before ECO03 for OpenVMS on the Alpha platform uses world-writable permissions for the OSIT$NAMES logical name table, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify this table via the (1) SYS$CRELNM and (2) SYS$DELLNM system services.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

decnet plus for openvms
Vulnerable Versions:
8.3

Timeline

Official Publish: December 10th, 2008
Last Modified: September 17th, 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.