CVE-2000-1096 — LOW severity vulnerability (crontab by Paul Vixie uses predictable file names for a temp)
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 allows local users with write access to the crontab spool directory to execute arbitrary commands by creating world-writeable temporary files and
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-1096 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2001-01-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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 allows local users with write access to the crontab spool directory to execute arbitrary commands by creating world-writeable temporary files and modifying them while the victim is editing the file. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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