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CVE-2008-2538

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2538 describes an unspecified vulnerability in crontab on Sun Solaris 8 through 10 and OpenSolaris before snv_93, allowing local users to inject cron jobs into other users' crontab files. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a local attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its potential severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 7th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/30482
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30542
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42763
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4725
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-222.htm
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1714