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CVE-2008-2538 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30482 CVEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30542 CVEVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020151 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42763 CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4725 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
sun solaris
8
9
10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2538
NVD Published Date:
Jun 3, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]