PT-2016-5799 · Rehabman · Cronic

Dmitry Nezhevenko · Published 2016-07-26 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-3992

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cronic versions prior to 3

Description The issue allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3, update to version 3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3992

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10384-1

Affected Products

Cronic

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10384-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3992 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00013.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3992 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3992 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/09/4 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3992 · Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820331 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/10/2 · Note