Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 4, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2011-1073
CVE-2011-1073
Description
crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file and (2) perform MD5 checksum comparisons on arbitrary pairs of files via two symlink attacks on /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary files.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- marc.infonvdExploit
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/14nvdExploit
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/6nvdExploit
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8117nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516716/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46604nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65899nvd
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