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CVE-2005-1038

Published: Apr 10, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
2.1LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 58.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

vixie cronpaul vixie
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
paul vixieindividual-devUSOperating Systemsaka vixie cron
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
patches.sgi.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/20666
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 10, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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