CVE-2001-0559

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2001-0551

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS