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CVE-2010-0424

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0424 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in the edit_cmd function of cronie and Vixie cron versions prior to 1.4.4. This flaw allows a local attacker to manipulate temporary files in the /tmp directory, leading to the modification of arbitrary file timestamps and a potential denial of service. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and limited impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:cronie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: vixie-cron-4:4.1-81.el5
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: cronie
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: vixie-cron

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0424Low

cronie: Race condition by setting timestamp of user's crontab file, when editing the file

Feb 18, 2010

References

git.fedorahosted.org / git/cronie.git
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/38700
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38741
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48104
securityfocus.com / bid/38391