CVE-2011-1074
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.9
Description
crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary directories via a command-line argument composed of a directory name concatenated with a directory traversal sequence that leads to the /etc/crontab pathname.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
FreeBSD Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=129891323028897&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/6
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8117
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516716/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65900
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1074
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.