CVE-2006-2607
do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or
02 Description
do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or
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
- 0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.6% 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
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2006-05-25 20:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-25
- 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
- 7c89bd834aff461ab8cca559dbc950eb2cb1836487cc85c2c23b15858321d92e
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20060525 rPSA-2006-0082-1 vixie-cronhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435033/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-2075http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2075
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178431
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-168.htm
- www.securityfocus.com18108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18108
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134194
- secunia.com20388http://secunia.com/advisories/20388
- securitytracker.com1016480http://securitytracker.com/id?1016480
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-778-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/778-1/
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:027http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-32.html
- secunia.com35318http://secunia.com/advisories/35318
- secunia.com21032http://secunia.com/advisories/21032
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200606-07http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10213https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10213
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvixie-cron-docommand-gain-privilege(26691)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26691
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0539http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0539.html
- secunia.com20616http://secunia.com/advisories/20616
- secunia.com21702http://secunia.com/advisories/21702
- secunia.com20380http://secunia.com/advisories/20380
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cron Fixed in 3.0pl1-64
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cron Fixed in 3.0pl1-64
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cron Fixed in 3.0pl1-64
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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