CVE-2005-1038

Exp

crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1038 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1038

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1038

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 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.54% +0.46%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1038

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1038

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1038

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1038
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1038 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cron), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1038

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2005-1038

  • Red Hat (2007-03-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1038

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paul_vixie vixie_cron 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1038

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