cronie: Race condition by setting timestamp of user's crontab file, when editing the file
Published Feb 25, 2010
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.4.3
- n/a
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
vixie-cron-4:4.1-81.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0304
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
vixie-cron
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
cronie
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | vixie-cron-4:4.1-81.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0304 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | vixie-cron | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cronie | Affected | n/a |
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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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 2, 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 25.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 26.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.51th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 67.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38700 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38741 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48104 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0424 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0424
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0424
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/38700 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/38741 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/48104 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0424 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0424 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0424 |
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