CVE-2008-2538 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a race condition in crontab to insert jobs into other users' files, enabling privilege escalation on Solaris systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-2538?
CVE-2008-2538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 3 Jun 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2538?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2538?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-2538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fwhq-cwc9-q7jr.