CVE-2006-0575 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

convert-fcrontab in Fcron 2.9.5 and 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ".." sequences and a symlink attack on the temporary file that is used during conversion.

Published: 2006-02-07

Score: 5.0 Medium

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:2.9.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:3.0.0:::::::*

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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-2006-0582	convert-fcrontab in Fcron 2.9.5 and 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ".." sequences and a symlink attack on the temporary file that is used during conversion.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00596.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113890734603201&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18719
http://www.osvdb.org/22905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25693
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0006
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0435
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24504

History

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Subscriptions

Thibault Godouet Fcron

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-07T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:41:28.461Z

Reserved: 2006-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0575

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-07T20:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-0575

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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