Description
In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.
Published: 2017-06-09
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1723-1 cron security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2801-1 cron security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18456 In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-1 Cron vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-2 Cron vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-3 Cron regression
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Cron Project Cron
Debian Debian Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:11:01.621Z

Reserved: 2017-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9525

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-09T16:29:02.110

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-9525

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-59

    Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')