system-config-network: network configuration change by the unprivileged user
Published Jun 2, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.30%
Description
The default configuration of consolehelper in system-config-network before 1.5.10-1 on Fedora 8 lacks the USER=root directive, which allows local users of the workstation console to gain privileges and change the network configuration.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.5.9
- 1.5.10
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.5.
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.5.9
- 1.5.10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00304) | 20.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00304) | 21.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 11.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30399 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2359 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448557 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42867 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2359
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2359
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00974.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30399 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2359 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448557 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42867 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2359 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2359 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00974.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Change history (0)
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