CVE-2001-0559

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0559
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-08-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptioncrontab 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Paul Vixie Vixie Cron All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vixie Cron crontab Privilege Lowering Failure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Page Not Found | SUSE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:050 : vixie-cron af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- DSA-054-1 cron af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus home mailing list: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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