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
Published Jun 3, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.25%
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.
Affected products
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.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.25% 0.00247
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00247
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 14.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 15.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00040) | 9.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 15.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 4, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 13.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30482 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30542 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020151 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237864-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-222.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1714 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42763 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4725 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30482 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30542 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1020151 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237864-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT | |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-222.htm | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1714 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42763 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4725 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 3, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 3, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2538
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a