CVE-2000-0579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 3.7 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0575	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00084.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0204.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1413

History

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Subscriptions

Sgi Irix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.178Z

Reserved: 2000-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0579

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-06-21T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-0579

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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