CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-2607

7.2 HIGH Published 2006-05-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-05-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf.

Affected configurations

• paul vixie vixie cron 4.1

References