CVE-2000-0312 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in cron within OpenBSD 2.5. An attacker can exploit this by manipulating the argv[] array, specifically by providing a non-NULL terminated argument, which cron's internal popen function then mishandles. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or significant community discussion has been identified for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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