CVE-2010-0424

The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.

Published: 2010-02-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0424 is rated Low Risk (22.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.10%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0424

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 2025-12-01 0.04% 0.10% +0.05%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.04% -0.99%
3 2023-02-13 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0424

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0424

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-0424

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2010-0424 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cron), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0424
gentoo normal CVE-2010-0424: 1 GLSA(s) (201311-04), 1 atom(s) (sys-process/vixie-cron); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-0424
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0424
suse low CVE-2010-0424 severity low: SUSE including 21 source package names (cron-4.1-194.19.1, cron-4.1-194.199.1, …), 46 product×package rows across 25 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (25 product lines)): Fixed 46. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0424/
ubuntu low CVE-2010-0424 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cron), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0424

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2010-0424

  • Red Hat (2010-02-26T00:00:00)

    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-0424 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0424

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fedorahosted cronie <= 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:cronie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
paul_vixie vixie_cron — cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0424

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