CVE-2012-6110
bcron-exec in bcron before 0.10 does not close file descriptors associated with temporary files when running a cron job, which allows local users to modify job files and send spam messages by accessing an open file descriptor.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
bcron-exec in bcron before 0.10 does not close file descriptors associated with temporary files when running a cron job, which allows local users to modify job files and send spam messages by accessing an open file descriptor.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- bcron project/bcron exec
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/102
- http://untroubled.org/bcron/NEWS
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686650Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81383
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/102
- http://untroubled.org/bcron/NEWS
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686650Exploit, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81383
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.