Vixie Cron
Vendor:
First CVE: Dec 12, 1996 · Active for 29 years
10
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 89% of tracked products
1.4
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 59% of tracked products
5.2
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 11% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Vixie Cron over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Dec 12, 1996
29 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Feb 25, 2010
5,997 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Vixie Cron10 CVEs
40%
10%
50%
All CVEs353,173 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown10 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown10 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown10 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown10 (100.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
10 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2001-0559HIGH crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additiona | Aug 14, 2001 | 7.2 | 33 | NO | YES |
CVE-1999-0769HIGH Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable. | Aug 25, 1999 | 7.2 | 29 | NO | YES |
CVE-2006-2607HIGH do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as | May 25, 2006 | 7.2 | 21 | NO | NO |
crontab by Paul Vixie uses predictable file names for a temporary file and does not properly ensure that the file is owned by the user executing the crontab -e command, which allow | Jan 9, 2001 | 3.7 | 20 | NO | YES |
CVE-1999-0872HIGH Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file. | Aug 25, 1999 | 7.2 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-1999-0297HIGH Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable. | Dec 12, 1996 | 7.2 | 18 | NO | NO |
The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequent | Feb 25, 2010 | 3.3 | 17 | NO | NO |
CVE-2001-0560MEDIUM Buffer overflow in Vixie cron 3.0.1-56 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long username (> 20 characters). | Aug 22, 2001 | 4.6 | 14 | NO | NO |
Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links, which | Apr 18, 2007 | 2.1 | 13 | NO | NO |
crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is | May 2, 2005 | 2.1 | 11 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
3 CVEs
30.0% of CVEs· 88th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (10 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Vixie Cron
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 2 | 4.7 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
| 3.0_pl1 | 3 | 6.0 | 0.7% | 0 | 2 |
| 3.0 | 1 | 7.2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |