CVE-2017-9525

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    CVE-2017-9525

    Published: 9 Jun 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038651, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html, http://bugs.debian.org/864466

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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
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