CVE-2001-0559
7.2
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
1.10%
LOW RiskEPSS (61st percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other
crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error.
Published: 8/14/2001
Modified: 6/16/2026
Vulnerability Summary
CVSS v2 Score
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
1.10%LOW Exploitation Risk
61st percentile
This vulnerability has a 1.10% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 61% of all scored CVEs.
CWE Classification
NVD-CWE-Other