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    CVE-2006-2607

    do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf.

    Published:Jan 20, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 25, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00044
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Paul Vixie
    Product
    Vixie Cron
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178431https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178431

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2007-1856 (CVSS 2.1) — Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to …
    CVE-2005-1038 (CVSS 2.1) — crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other…
    CVE-2001-0559 (CVSS 7.2) — crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modifi…
    CVE-2001-0560 (CVSS 4.6) — Buffer overflow in Vixie cron 3.0.1-56 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges …
    CVE-2000-1096 (CVSS 3.7) — crontab by Paul Vixie uses predictable file names for a temporary file and does not properly ensure that the f…
    CVE-1999-0769 (CVSS 7.2) — Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environme…
    CVE-1999-0872 (CVSS 7.2) — Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in…
    CVE-1999-0297 (CVSS 7.2) — Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long en…

    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134194
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20380
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20388
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20616
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21032
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21702
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35318
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016480
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-168.htm
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-32.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0539.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435033/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18108
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2075
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178431
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26691
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10213
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/778-1/
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134194
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20380
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20388
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20616
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21032
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21702
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35318
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016480
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-168.htm
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-32.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0539.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435033/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18108
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2075
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178431
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26691
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10213
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/778-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High