CVE-2001-0559

Exp

crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error.

Published: 2001-08-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0559 is rated Exploit Available (59.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0559

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20823 exploit_db edb 2001-07-05 Exploit-DB ↗
20822 exploit_db edb 2001-05-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0559

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.24% +0.19%
2 2023-03-07 1.92% 0.04% -1.88%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.92% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0559

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0559

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0559

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paul_vixie vixie_cron <= 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0559

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