Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2001-0559 First vendor Publication 2001-08-14
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-10

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0559

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 054-1 (cron)
File : nvt/deb_054_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
1813 Vixie Cron crontab Privilege Lowering Failure

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-054.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2001-050.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054
MANDRAKE http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508

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