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CVE-2007-1856

crontab denial of service

Severity Score

2.1
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links, which results in a failed st_nlink check in database.c.

Vixie Cron anterior a 4.1-r10 en Gentoo Linux es instalado con permisos inseguros, lo cual permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegaciĆ³n de servicio (fallo de cron) creando enlaces duros (hard links), lo cual resulta en el fallo de la comprobaciĆ³n st_nlink en database.c.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2007-04-04 CVE Reserved
  • 2007-04-17 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-10 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Paul Vixie
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Vixie Cron
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<= 4.1
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Affected
in Gentoo
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Linux
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*-
Safe