CVE-2001-0559 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Vixie cron versions 3.0.1 and earlier. Specifically, the crontab utility fails to properly drop privileges after a failed modification operation, potentially allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges when an editor is invoked to correct the error. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.2), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Its FAUCET Risk Score is 95/100, highlighting its significant potential impact. While not listed on the CISA KEV or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered notable community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential interest among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.