vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-9525): Cron vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 9, 2017 | Feb 2, 2022 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 9, 2017
Added
Feb 2, 2022
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-cronubuntu-upgrade-cron
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