CVE-2020-11799
Z-Cron 5.6 Build 04 allows an unprivileged attacker to elevate privileges by modifying a privileged user's task.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Z-Cron 5.6 Build 04 allows an unprivileged attacker to elevate privileges by modifying a privileged user's task. This can also affect all users who are signed in on the system if a shell is placed in a location that other unprivileged users have access to.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.18% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- z-cron/z-cron
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% 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
- https://blog.spookysec.net/zcron/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.spookysec.net/zcron/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.