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CVE-2000-1096 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0237.html CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5543 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1960 CVEExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0237.html [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5543 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
paul vixie vixie cron
3.0_pl1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:3.0_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2000-1096
NVD Published Date:
Jan 9, 2001
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]