CVE-2001-0559

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.

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 63th percentile

Published

2002-03-09

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20823
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20822

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2001-0558
• CVE-2001-0561
• CVE-2001-0557
• CVE-2001-0563
• CVE-2001-0555
• CVE-2001-0564