Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2001-0559
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.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
6- 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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