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CVE-2000-0972

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2000-12-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.

Affected Platforms

Hp Hp-Ux

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References