ID CVE-2001-0559
Summary crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.2 (as of 10-10-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
refmap via4
bid 2687
bugtraq 20010507 Vixie cron vulnerability
debian DSA-054
mandrake MDKSA-2001:050
suse SuSE-SA:2001:17
xf vixie-cron-gain-privileges(6508)
Last major update 10-10-2017 - 01:29
Published 14-08-2001 - 04:00
Last modified 10-10-2017 - 01:29
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