Vulnerability in Paul Vixie Cron
CVE-2000-1096
crontab by Paul Vixie uses predictable file names for a temporary file and does not properly ensure that the file is owned by the user executing the crontab -e command, which allows local users with write access to the crontab spool directory to execute arbitrary commands by creating world-writeable temporary files and modifying them while the victim is editing the file.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Paul Vixie Cron — versions 3.0_pl1
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5543 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0237.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1960 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)