security flaw
Published Apr 10, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.54%
Description
crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 4.1
Configuration 2
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
vixie-cron-0:4.1-10.EL3
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0117
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
vixie-cron-4:4.1-36.EL4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:361
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | vixie-cron-0:4.1-10.EL3 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0117 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | vixie-cron-4:4.1-36.EL4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:361 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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:P/I:N/A:N
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.54% (0.00539) | 43.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.54% (0.00539) | 40.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00076) | 20.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19532 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20666 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-118.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-361.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0117.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/395093 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13024 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1038 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617598 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1038
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11104 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1038
Change history (0)
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