7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-1999-0872

Published: 25/08/1999 Updated: 09/09/2008
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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

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