VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-0972
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.28%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.28% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- hp/hp-ux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.htmlBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.htmlBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.