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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2008-0890 json

Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP4 uses insecure permissions for certain directories, which allows local users to modify JAR files and…

published 2008-03-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0897

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP4 uses insecure permissions for certain directories, which allows local users to modify JAR files and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Patch / fix

  • redhat-ds directory server 7.1 7.1SP4-7.RHEL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0173

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0890 updated cvss 7.2

7.1: insecure default permissions on jars directory

  • Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for AS v. 3) redhat-ds 7.1SP4-7.RHEL3 Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for ES v. 3) redhat-ds 7.1SP4-7.RHEL3 Red Hat RHEL 4 Directory Server AS redhat-ds 7.1SP4-7.RHEL4 Red Hat RHEL 4 Directory Server ES redhat-ds 7.1SP4-7.RHEL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0173

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.