CVE-2016-3992
MEDIUMcronic - Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Attack on Temporary Files
Title source: llmDescription
cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/09/4
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/10/2
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820331
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00013.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.2
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
18.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (5)
cronic_project/cronic
2
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
opensuse/leap
42.1
opensuse/opensuse
13.2
Published
Jul 26, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026