Vulnerability in Cronic Project

CVE-2016-3992

cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.

EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3992?
CVE-2016-3992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cronic Project, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2016-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-3992?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-3992 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.