CVE-2001-0559
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 9, 2002
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 27, 2001
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- MDKSA-2001:050vendor-advisory
- SuSE-SA:2001:17vendor-advisory
- 20010507 Vixie cron vulnerabilitymailing-list
- DSA-054vendor-advisory
- 2687vdb-entry
- vixie-cron-gain-privileges(6508)vdb-entry
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