CVE-2006-2607
Vixie cron setuid Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 25, 2006, 8:02 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:11 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134194 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20380 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20388 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20616 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21032 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21702 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35318 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016480 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-168.htm Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-32.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0539.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435033/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18108 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2075 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178431 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26691 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10213 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/778-1/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 18, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/435033/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435033/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-778-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/778-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10213 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10213 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26691 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26691 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 26, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-2607 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-2607
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} -0.04%
score
0.40287
percentile