CVE-2001-0685 Path traversal in n/a
A local attacker can corrupt another user's crontab file via a symlink attack on the fcrontab temporary file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0685?
CVE-2001-0685 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Thibault Godouet FCron prior to 1.1.1 allows a local user to corrupt another user's crontab file via a symlink attack on the fcrontab temporary file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0685?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Thibault Godouet Fcron.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0685?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2001-0685 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0685 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c8mr-fhvj-www3.