CVE-2008-0242 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2008-0242?

CVE-2008-0242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 12 Jan 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in libdevinfo in Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to access files and gain privileges via unknown vectors, related to login device permissions.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0242?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-0242 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris

• CVE-2008-3869 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-3870 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-4556 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-3093 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2003-1081 Path traversal in n/a Critical 10.0

All Sun Solaris vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-g7qv-qh5f-jrmv.