CVE-2017-9525

Published Jun 9, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1723-1 cron security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2801-1 cron security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18456 In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-1 Cron vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-2 Cron vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-3 Cron regression
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 5:11 PM
Reserved
Jun 9, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 9, 2017, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:28 AM