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CVE-2016-3992 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.2 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00013.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820331 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/09/4 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/10/2 CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00013.html [email protected]Third Party Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-284Improper Access Control[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
cronic project cronic
2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:cronic_project:cronic:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap
42.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse
13.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-3992
NVD Published Date:
Jul 26, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-3992 Details - Not Deferred