01 Record
CVE-2008-3947
DCL (aka the CLI) in OpenVMS Alpha 8.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
DCL (aka the CLI) in OpenVMS Alpha 8.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line.
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
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.2% 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
- 2008-09-05 16:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5762ce8cf57fa0fe6edd3647c0e29a53b7195db4888072e0045fc1a03a0a300e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1020827http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020827
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenvms-dcl-privilege-escalation(45047)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45047
- deathrow.vistech.nethttp://deathrow.vistech.net/DEFCON16/VMS.PDF