CVE-2011-1073

high

Description

crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file and (2) perform MD5 checksum comparisons on arbitrary pairs of files via two symlink attacks on /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary files.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65899

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46604

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516716/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8117

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-03-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017