VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-3992

CVSS score6.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-07-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$, (2) cronic.err.$, or (3) cronic.trace.$ file in /tmp.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Primary references