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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2017-9525

Deferred

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-09 Jun, 2017 | 16:29

Updated At-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.1	6.7	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	6.9	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CPE Matches

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-59	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/864466	cve@mitre.org	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3	cve@mitre.org	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038651	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html	cve@mitre.org	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html	cve@mitre.org	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/864466	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038651	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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