CVE-2001-0559 — HIGH severity vulnerability (crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly dr)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0559 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-08-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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