CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3940
4.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134
Description
Format string vulnerability in the finger client in HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS 5.x allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a (1) .plan or (2) .project file.
Affected configurations
• hp openvms 5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness
References
- http://deathrow.vistech.net/DEFCON16/VMS.PDF deathrow.vistech.net
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31587 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30948 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2463 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44752 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://deathrow.vistech.net/DEFCON16/VMS.PDF deathrow.vistech.net
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31587 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30948 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2463 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44752 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com