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CVE-2008-5423· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Sun Sun Ray Server Software 3.x and 4.0 and Sun Ray Windows Connector 1.1 and 2.0 expose the LDAP password during a configuration step, whic

Sun Sun Ray Server Software 3.x and 4.0 and Sun Ray Windows Connector 1.1 and 2.0 expose the LDAP password during a configuration step, which allows local users to discover the Sun Ray administration password, and obtain admin access to the Data Store and Administration GUI, via unspecified vectors related to the utconfig component of the Server Software and the uttscadm component of the Windows Connector.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 11, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 22th percentile
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Action score

17

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
sunray server software
sunsolaris
sunray windows connector
sunjava desktop system
novellsuse linux enterprise server
redhatenterprise linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sun ray server software3.0
  • sun ray server software3.1
  • sun ray server software3.1.1
  • sun ray server software4.0
  • sun ray windows connector1.1
  • sun ray windows connector2.0

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2009-4294Unspecified vulnerability in the Authentication Manager (aka utauthd) in Sun Ray Server Software 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to exec
    42Plan
  • CVE-2009-4295Sun Ray Server Software 4.0 and 4.1 does not generate a unique DSA private key for the firmware on each Sun Ray 1, 1g, 100, and 150 DTU devi
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2008-5422Sun Sun Ray Server Software 3.1 through 4.0 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote attackers to discover the Sun Ray adminis
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2002-2036Sun Ray Server Software (SRSS) 1.3, when Non-Smartcard Mobility (NSCM) is enabled, allows remote attackers to login as another user by runni
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2007-6481Unspecified vulnerability in the Device Manager daemon (utdevmgrd) in Sun Ray Server Software 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, and 3.1.1 allows remote attacke
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2007-0482cgi-bin/main in Sun Ray Server Software 2.0 and 3.0 before 20070123 allows local users to obtain the utadmin password by reading a web serve
    18Monitor

Remediation

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

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{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

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{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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