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CVE-2001-0559

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 1.10%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2001-08-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2001-0559
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
1.10%

Original NVD Description

crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error.