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medium 5.5

CVE-2000-0972 json

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 cronta…

published 2000-12-19 25 y ago modified 2026-09-23 46 d ago also EUVD-2000-0959

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20329)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20329 HP-UX 10.20/11.0 - crontab '/tmp' File local, 2000-10-20
  • EDB-195 HP-UX 11.00/10.20 crontab - Overwrite Files dos, 2000-11-19
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.