CVE-2001-0559 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0551	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00186.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Paul Vixie Vixie Cron

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:38.708Z

Reserved: 2001-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0559

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-14T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0559

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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