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CVE-2005-1038

crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by

crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.00076
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pocwww.securityfocus.com · 395093www.securityfocus.com

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2.1
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD02 May 2005 · 04:00 AM

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