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CVE-2010-0424

Published: Feb 25, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-59
3.3LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

croniefedorahosted
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
vixie cronpaul vixie
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
n/an/a
Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedorahostedOperating Systemsaka fedorahosted.org
paul vixieindividual-devUSOperating Systemsaka vixie cron
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
git.fedorahosted.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/38700
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Feb 25, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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