CVE-2011-1074

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-03-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary directories via a command-line argument composed of a directory name concatenated with a directory traversal sequence that leads to the /etc/crontab pathname.

Affected products

FreeBSD: all versions

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/65900
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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