CVE-2008-2538: sun solaris Race Condition

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-2538 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Race Condition vulnerability in sun solaris. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 03-06-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.