CVE-2000-0579

Severity

37%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

106%

IRIX crontab creates temporary files with predictable file names and with the umask of the user, which could allow local users to modify another user's crontab file as it is being edited.

IRIX crontab creates temporary files with predictable file names and with the umask of the user, which could allow local users to modify another user's crontab file as it is being edited.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

SGI IRIX

First reported 24 years ago

2000-06-21 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:05:00

Affected Software

SGI IRIX 6.3

6.3

SGI IRIX 6.5

6.5

References

20000621 Predictability Problems in IRIX Cron and Compilers

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

1413

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

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