Vulnerability in Bcron Project Exec
CVE-2012-6110
bcron-exec in bcron before 0.10 does not close file descriptors associated with temporary files when running a cron job, which allows local users to modify job files and send spam messages by accessing an open file descriptor.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.7% 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
- Bcron Project Exec — versions 0.04, 0.05, 0.06
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit, Patch)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81383 (vdb-entry)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/102 (mailing-list)
- untroubled.org/bcron/NEWS