CVE-2001-0685

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Published Mar 9, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 2.6 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Thibault Godouet FCron prior to 1.1.1 allows a local user to corrupt another user's crontab file via a symlink attack on the fcrontab temporary file.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:1.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:1.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:1.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:1.1.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0671	Thibault Godouet FCron prior to 1.1.1 allows a local user to corrupt another user's crontab file via a symlink attack on the fcrontab temporary file.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.769% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://fcron.free.fr/CHANGES.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98339581702282&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2835
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7127

History

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Subscriptions

Thibault Godouet Fcron

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 9, 2002, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM
Reserved: Aug 29, 2001, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 20, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

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