CVE-2000-1096

crontab - Local Command Execution

Title source: llm

Description

crontab 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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Michal Zalewski · bashlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/203

Scores

EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 59.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
paul_vixie/vixie_cron 3.0_pl1
Published Jan 09, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026