Vulnerability CVE-2001-0559
Published: 2001-08-14   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

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
Paul vixie -> Vixie cron 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508
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