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CVE-2000-0579

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IRIX crontab creates temporary files with predictable file names and with the umask of the user, which could allow local users to modify another user's crontab file as it is being edited.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: 6.3, 6.5

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0204.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1413
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0204.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1413

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