CVE-2008-2538 (GCVE-0-2008-2538)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-06-03 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30482Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30542Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020151
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237864-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-222.htm
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1714
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42763
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4725
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30482Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30542Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020151
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237864-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-222.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1714
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42763
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4725
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