CVE-2008-2538
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 0.2% (16th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2533)
- Published
- June 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2533 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30482(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30542(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020151
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237864-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-222.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1714
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42763
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4725
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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