01 Record
CVE-2008-1056
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-02-28 19:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 40512e11d7527e630bbcd27f449f24a817d24d8b08f01a95c7b65b434ad9d07a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.mnin.orghttp://www.mnin.org/advisories/2008_symarkpb.pdf
- secunia.com29111http://secunia.com/advisories/29111
- www.securityfocus.com28015http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28015
- www.symark.comhttp://www.symark.com/support/PBFeb2008Announcement.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compowerbroker-argv-bo(40872)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40872