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CVE-2008-5908

Unspecified vulnerability in the root/boot archive tool in Sun OpenSolaris has unknown impact and...

7.2 High

Unspecified vulnerability in the root/boot archive tool in Sun OpenSolaris has unknown impact and local attack vectors, related to a "Temporary file vulnerability," aka Bug ID 6653455.

Exploit likelihood

0.31%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.2

Unspecified vulnerability in the root/boot archive tool in Sun OpenSolaris has unknown impact and local attack vectors, related to a "Temporary file vulnerability," aka Bug ID 6653455.

Record
CVE-2008-5908
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the root/boot archive tool in Sun OpenSolaris has unknown impact and local attack vectors, related to a "Temporary file vulnerability," aka Bug ID 6653455.

Record
CVE-2008-5908
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5878 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the root/boot archive tool in Sun OpenSolaris has unknown impact and local attack vectors, related to a "Temporary file vulnerability," aka Bug ID 6653455.

Record
EUVD-2008-5878
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cxrr-vqh2-8wg4 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the root/boot archive tool in Sun OpenSolaris has unknown impact and...

Unspecified vulnerability in the root/boot archive tool in Sun OpenSolaris has unknown impact and local attack vectors, related to a "Temporary file vulnerability," aka Bug ID 6653455.

Record
GHSA-cxrr-vqh2-8wg4
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2008-5908 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Sun Opensolaris, published January 16, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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