CVE-2000-0579 — LOW severity vulnerability (IRIX crontab creates temporary files with predictable file n)
IRIX crontab creates temporary files with predictable file names and with the umask of the user, which could allow local users to modify another user's crontab file as it is being edited.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0579 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 3.7 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-06-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | IRIX crontab creates temporary files with predictable file names and with the umask of the user, which could allow local users to modify another user's crontab file as it is being edited. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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