CVE-2000-0972CWE-59

CVE-2000-0972

Medium · published December 19, 2000

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
69.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01283 · 69.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2000-12-19T10:00Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
hp/hp-uxall versions—
References (4)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.html · [email protected]https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410 · [email protected]http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.html · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 JAN 05:00Z
    HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting…
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