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
- Cronic_project Cronic — versions 2
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 42.1
- Opensuse — versions 13.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
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.