CVE-2016-3992
cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.
02 Description
cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.
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
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2016-07-26 17:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-04-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1bfd897aa8f8dc977dd0c95eb93f0f4c8b0b9636c865597fae37308e83630aa9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160410 CVE request: cronic - predictable temporary fileshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/09/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160410 Re: CVE request: cronic - predictable temporary fileshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/10/2
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820331
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1741http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00013.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cronic Fixed in 3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cronic Fixed in 3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cronic Fixed in 3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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