{"id":"CVE-2012-6110","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-6110","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:43.459Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2014-09-29T22:55:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:47:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["bcron project/bcron exec"],"epss":{"score":0.00429,"percentile":0.36931,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/102","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://untroubled.org/bcron/NEWS","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686650","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81383","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/102","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://untroubled.org/bcron/NEWS","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686650","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81383","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6110","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}