Local Permission Bypass in HP DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS on Alpha Platform
CVE-2008-5417

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: HP
Status: Decnet Plus For Openvms
Vendor: CVE Published:; 10 December 2008

What is CVE-2008-5417?

HP DECnet-Plus version 8.3 prior to ECO03 for OpenVMS on the Alpha platform is vulnerable due to world-writable permissions on the OSIT$NAMES logical name table. This flaw enables local users to circumvent intended access restrictions, permitting unauthorized modifications to the logical name table through the SYS$CRELNM and SYS$DELLNM system services.

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