CVE-2016-3992 describes a local arbitrary file write vulnerability in cronic versions prior to 3, affecting cronic_project, Debian, and openSUSE. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on temporary cronic.out.$$, cronic.err.$$, or cronic.trace.$$ files in /tmp. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) requires local access and low attack complexity, with a high impact on integrity but no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cronic_project:cronic:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.