CVE-2001-0559: paul_vixie vixie_cron

EPSS trend

Probability

1.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.10% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026

EPSS score

1.10%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

4 found

referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified
Vixie Cron crontab 3.0 - Privilege Lowering Failure (1)
Maturity: weaponized

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exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified
Vixie Cron crontab 3.0 - Privilege Lowering Failure (2)
Maturity: weaponized

References

6 links

www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRAKEPatch
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029Mailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687VDB EntryX Refsource BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508VDB EntryX Refsource XF

Related vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-1856paul_vixievixie_cron+20.38%19y ago18-04-2007 02:20Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links, which results in a failed st_nlink check in database.c.CVE-2001-0560paul_vixievixie_cron0.51%24y ago09-03-2002 05:00Buffer overflow in Vixie cron 3.0.1-56 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long username (> 20 characters).CVE-2005-1038paul_vixievixie_cron+30.54%21y ago10-04-2005 04:00crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.CVE-2000-1096paul_vixievixie_cron0.79%25y ago22-01-2001 05:00crontab 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.CVE-1999-0872calderaopenlinux+30.36%26y ago04-02-2000 05:00Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.CVE-1999-0297bsdibsd_os+30.40%26y ago04-01-2000 05:00Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.

All vulnerabilities invixie_cron

CVE-2001-0559: paul_vixie vixie_cron

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