Vulnerability CVE-1999-0872
Published: 1999-08-25   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Linux 
Paul vixie -> Vixie cron 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Caldera -> Openlinux 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/611
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