VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-0872

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1999-08-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

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