CVE-2000-0972 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2000-0972

HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files...

Vulnerability Description

HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

hp-ux
Vulnerable Versions:
11.00

Timeline

Official Publish: January 22nd, 2001
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.