{"cve":"CVE-2008-2359","nvd":{"published":"2008-06-02T21:30:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:53:37.060","status":"Modified","description":"The default configuration of consolehelper in system-config-network before 1.5.10-1 on Fedora 8 lacks the USER=root directive, which allows local users of the workstation console to gain privileges and change the network configuration.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-16"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/30399","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448557","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42867","https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00974.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/30399"],"products":["fedora_8:consolehelper","redhat:fedora_8"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2359","score":0.00304,"percentile":0.23254,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}