CVE-2000-0972

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Sep 23, 2026

Description

HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.htmlBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.htmlBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Dec 19, 2000
Last modified: Sep 23, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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