CVE-2006-2607
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-05-25 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 17:58
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf.
References
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