Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2004-1033
Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions leak file descriptors of open files, which allows local users to bypass access restrictions and read fcron.allow and fcron.deny via the EDITOR environment variable.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux
- Thibault Godouet Fcron — versions 2.0.1, 2.9.4
References
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11684 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-27.xml (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18078 (vdb-entry)