CVE-2012-6110

medium

Description

bcron-exec in bcron before 0.10 does not close file descriptors associated with temporary files when running a cron job, which allows local users to modify job files and send spam messages by accessing an open file descriptor.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81383

http://untroubled.org/bcron/NEWS

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/102

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-09-29

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00067