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CVE-2010-0424
The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the…
Low3.3EPSS 0.35%
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- redhat
Description
The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 72% 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 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-2751 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 38741 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 48104 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 38391 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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