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CVE-2001-0559
crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which…
High7.2EPSS 1.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- MDKSA-2001:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2001:17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20010507 Vixie cron vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 2687 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- vixie-cron-gain-privileges(6508) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
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