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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-0424 · published 25 February 2010

CVE-2010-0424: Fedorahosted cronie link following vulnerability

Fedorahosted · Cronie

The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.

3.3 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 0.35% · top 74.0% CWE-59 · Link following
3.3CVSS 2.0 base score
0.35%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38700 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38741 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48104
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38700 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38741 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48104
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-0424), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-07). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.