CVE-2006-0539 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the convert-fcrontab program of fcron version 3.0.0. A long command-line argument can trigger a heap memory corruption due to a strcpy overflow in the strdup2 function, potentially allowing local users to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-27159) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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