CVE-2001-0559

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error.

Affected products

Paul Vixie Vixie Cron: through 3.0.1

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-054
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-050.php3
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_017_cron_txt.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/183029
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2687
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6508

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