CVE-2001-0559

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…

published March 9, 2002

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01101 · 65.2th percentile
Published
2002-03-09T05:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAR 05:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5