CVE-2008-2538

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2538
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-03 15:32:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sun Solaris 10 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9 All x86 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
ASA-2008-222 (SUN 237864) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Sun Solaris crontab Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Solaris Crontab Injection Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Avaya CMS Solaris crontab Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#237864: A Security Vulnerability in the Solaris crontab(1) utility may allow execution of Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
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