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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054 | Vendor Advisory |
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508 |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00
Updated: 2002-02-26T10:00:00
Reserved: 2001-07-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-0559
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2001-08-14T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:47.327
Link: CVE-2001-0559
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CWE