Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0559

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.

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Affected products

Paul Vixie/Vixie Cron
cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=3.0.1
Vixie/Cronllm-fuzzy
Range: <=3.0.1

Patches

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References

www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054nvdVendor Advisory
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.htmlnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508nvd

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