PT-2001-1135 · Crontab · Crontab

Published 2001-01-09 · Updated 2018-05-03 · CVE-2000-1096

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.7

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions crontab (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the use of predictable file names for temporary files by crontab, which does not ensure proper ownership of these files by the user executing the crontab -e command. This allows local users with write access to the crontab spool directory to execute arbitrary commands. They can achieve this by creating world-writeable temporary files and modifying them while the victim is editing the file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-1096

Affected Products

Crontab

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1960 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/203 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1096 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5543 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0237.html · Note