01 Record
CVE-2001-0559
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 65.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-07-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e3343c7b1931f411ee2c3a0644a68c8772535066ce9920074bd67645fac59f42
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2001:050http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3
- www.novell.comSuSE-SA:2001:17http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
- www.securityfocus.com20010507 Vixie cron vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029
- www.debian.orgDSA-054http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054
- www.securityfocus.com2687http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvixie-cron-gain-privileges(6508)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508