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CVE-2001-0559
Published: Mar 9, 2002
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
MDKSA-2001:050
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRAKE
SuSE-SA:2001:17
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
20010507 Vixie cron vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
DSA-054
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
2687
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
vixie-cron-gain-privileges(6508)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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