National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-1033
Original release date:03/01/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions leak file descriptors of open files, which allows local users to bypass access restrictions and read fcron.allow and fcron.deny via the EDITOR environment variable.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: BID
Name: 11684
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: fcron-fcrontab-obtain-info(18078)
Type: Advisory
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20041115 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Fcron
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200411-27
