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CVE-2008-2538

Unspecified vulnerability in crontab on Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_93,...

6.9 Medium

Unspecified vulnerability in crontab on Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_93, allows local users to insert cron jobs into the crontab files of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

Exploit likelihood

0.25%Down 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.9

Unspecified vulnerability in crontab on Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_93, allows local users to insert cron jobs into the crontab files of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2008-2538
CVSS 2.0
6.9 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Unspecified vulnerability in crontab on Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_93, allows local users to insert cron jobs into the crontab files of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2008-2538
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-2533 No score

Unspecified vulnerability in crontab on Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_93, allows local users to insert cron jobs into the crontab files of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

Record
EUVD-2008-2533
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fwhq-cwc9-q7jr No score

Unspecified vulnerability in crontab on Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_93,...

Unspecified vulnerability in crontab on Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_93, allows local users to insert cron jobs into the crontab files of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

Record
GHSA-fwhq-cwc9-q7jr
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2008-2538 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Sun Solaris, published June 3, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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