CVE-2000-1096
crontab by Paul Vixie uses predictable file names for a temporary file and does not properly ensure that the file is owned by the user executing the crontab...
- Published
- Jan 22, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Nov 21, 2000
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 54.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
crontab by Paul Vixie uses predictable file names for a temporary file and does not properly ensure that the file is owned by the user executing the crontab -e command, which allows local users with write access to the crontab spool directory to execute arbitrary commands by creating world-writeable temporary files and modifying them while the victim is editing the file.
Sources
1Michal Zalewski · linux · Nov 21, 2000
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