CVE-2011-1073 describes a vulnerability in the crontab utility within FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X. This flaw allows local users to conduct symlink attacks on temporary files in /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX, enabling them to determine the existence of arbitrary files or perform MD5 checksum comparisons between arbitrary file pairs. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access (AV:L/AC:M). While it could lead to information disclosure (C:P), it does not directly impact integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting a low level of public awareness or concern.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.