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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.
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AND
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:cron_project:cron:3.0pl1-128.:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added
CVSS V2
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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CVSS V3
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CWE
CWE-59
Changed
Reference Type
http://bugs.debian.org/864466 No Types Assigned
http://bugs.debian.org/864466 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2017-9525 NVD
Published Date: 06/09/2017 NVD
Last Modified: 12/16/2021
Source: MITRE