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CVE-2017-9525

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.55%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-06-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-9525
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.55%
Ubuntu Debian

Original NVD 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.

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