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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 IDCVE-2000-0579
SeverityLOW
CVSS score3.7
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-06-21
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionIRIX 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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