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CVE-1999-0872

Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.2)—

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

CVSS

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

Tecnologías afectadas (4)

Caldera — OpenlinuxDebian — Debian LinuxPaul Vixie — Vixie CronRedhat — Linux

CWE

Referencias

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