CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1056
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-02-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Symark PowerBroker 2.8 through 5.0.1 allow local users to gain privileges via a long argv[0] string when executing (1) pbrun, (2) pbsh, or (3) pbksh. NOTE: the product is often installed in environments with trust relationships that facilitate subsequent remote compromises.
Affected configurations
• symark powerbroker 2.8
• symark powerbroker 3.0
• symark powerbroker 3.2
• symark powerbroker 3.5
• symark powerbroker 4.0
• symark powerbroker 5.0
• symark powerbroker 5.01
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29111 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mnin.org/advisories/2008_symarkpb.pdf Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28015 Patch
- http://www.symark.com/support/PBFeb2008Announcement.html Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40872 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29111 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mnin.org/advisories/2008_symarkpb.pdf Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28015 Patch
- http://www.symark.com/support/PBFeb2008Announcement.html Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40872 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com