CVE-2000-0972

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.

HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

HP-UX

First reported 24 years ago

2000-12-19 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

HP HP-UX 10.20

10.20

HP-UX 11.00

11.00

References

20001020 [ Hackerslab bug_paper ] HP-UX crontab temporary file symbolic link vulnerability

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

hp-crontab-read-files(5410)

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