crontab by Paul Vixie uses predictable file names for a temporary file and does not properly ensure that the file is owned by the user executing the crontab -e command, which allows local users with write access to the crontab spool directory to execute arbitrary commands by creating world-writeable temporary files and modifying them while the victim is editing the file.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00

Updated: 2005-11-02T10:00:00

Reserved: 2000-12-14T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2000-1096

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-01-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2018-05-03T01:29:10.223


Link: CVE-2000-1096

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