6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%
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.
www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508