CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0559

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after a 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.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Vixie cron to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor the system for unauthorized activities.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS