CVE-2000-0972
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 22, 2001 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: September 23, 2026 at 03:08 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHP Ux
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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