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 editor is called to correct the error
Published Mar 9, 2002
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.10%
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 editor is called to correct the error.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.0.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.10% (0.01101) | 64.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.10% (0.01101) | 61.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00236) | 44.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 78.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 76.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 55.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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