CVE-2008-3940: HP Openvms

Medium severity, CVSS 4.4. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in the finger client in HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS 5.x allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a (1) .plan or (2) .project file.

Affected products

• HP Openvms: version 5 only

Published 2008-09-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.