CVE-2001-0559

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 additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error.

• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054Vendor Advisory
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054Vendor Advisory
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508

Published

Aug 14, 2001

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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