VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-1880
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-05-12
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
The default configuration of Firebird before 2.0.3.12981.0-r6 on Gentoo Linux sets the ISC_PASSWORD environment variable before starting Firebird, which allows remote attackers to bypass SYSDBA authentication and obtain sensitive database information via an empty password.