CVE-1999-0768

This exploit targets a local buffer overflow in Vixie cron's cron_popen() function via the MAILTO environment variable. It executes arbitrary shellcode to create a backdoor root account with a predefined password.

This exploit targets a local buffer overflow in Vixie cron (CVE-1999-0768) via the MAILTO environment variable. It overwrites the return address with shellcode to execute arbitrary commands, leading to a root shell by exploiting the setuid binary.