CVE-2008-5417

low HPE
CVSS v3 Base Score
2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 77% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: December 10, 2008 (6364 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: HPE
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

hp decnet plus for openvms

References

🔗 ftp.itrc.hp.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 ftp.itrc.hp.com 🔗 secunia.com