CVE-2008-5117

Open redirect vulnerability in Sun Java System Identity Manager 6.0 through 6.0 SP4, 7.0, and 7.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-11-18 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5117 is rated Moderate Risk (53.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5117

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.77% 1.26% +0.49%
2 2025-03-15 0.69% 0.77% +0.08%
3 2024-11-24 0.69%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5117

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5117

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5117

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun java_system_identity_manager 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:6.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5117

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