CVE-2010-0424

no score yetEPSS 0.3%

The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2010-02-25
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

fedorahosted:cronie
paul_vixie:vixie_cron

References

http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38700
http://secunia.com/advisories/38741
http://secunia.com/advisories/48104

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