CVE-2001-0559

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

1.10%

Published

Aug 14, 2001

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (3)

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TrickestTrickest PoC index Exploit-DBVixie Cron crontab 3.0 - Privilege Lowering Failure (1)Exploit-DBVixie Cron crontab 3.0 - Privilege Lowering Failure (2)

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Description

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.

Affected Products (1)

paul_vixie · vixie_cronvulnerable

References (12)

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054

Vendor Advisory

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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