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CVE-2011-1073
- Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2011-03-04 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-59
Description
crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file and (2) perform MD5 checksum comparisons on arbitrary pairs of files via two symlink attacks on /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary files.
Affected products
References
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=129891323028897&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/6
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8117
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516716/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65899
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=129891323028897&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/6
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8117
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516716/100/0/threaded
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