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High
CVE-1999-0872
Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
paul vixie
View all reports →Affected Software
vixie cron, openlinux, debian linux, linux
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0_pl1, 2.2, 2.1, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 4th, 2000
Last Modified:
August 1st, 2024
Added to House:
July 17th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.