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CVE-2006-2607

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-05-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf.

Affected products

• Paul Vixie Vixie Cron: 4.1

References

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134194
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20380
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20388
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20616
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21032
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21702
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35318
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016480
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-168.htm
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-32.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0539.html

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