Vulnerability in Paul Vixie Cron
CVE-2001-0559
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2001-0559?
- CVE-2001-0559 is a vulnerability in Paul Vixie Cron. Published 2001-08-14.
- Is CVE-2001-0559 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.