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CVE-2001-0559

Published: Mar 9, 2002Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

vixie cronpaul vixie
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
paul vixieindividual-devUSOperating Systemsaka vixie cron
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054
debian.org
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3
linux-mandrake.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
novell.com
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Timeline

Published
Mar 9, 2002
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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