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CVE-2001-0559
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.2/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508