VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2001-0559
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability1.10%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-08-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108