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CVE-2005-1038
crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file…
Low2.1EPSS 0.54%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- RHSA-2006:0117 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 24995 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11104 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:361 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-118.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19532 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 13024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20666 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050406 crontab from vixie-cron allows read other users crontabs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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