CVE-2017-9525 | BDVDB-2026-86348 Detail

Description#

In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://bugs.debian.org/864466
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038651
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-06-09Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.