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CVE-2000-1096

LOW CVSS: 3.7 Published: 2001-01-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Paul Vixie Vixie Cron

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References