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CVE-2005-1038 json

crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file b…

published 2005-04-10 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1041

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.

Patch / fix

  • vixie-cron RHEL 3 4.1-10.EL3
  • vixie-cron RHEL 4 4:4.1-36.EL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0117RHSA-2005:361

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-1038 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 vixie-cron 4.1-10.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 vixie-cron 4.1-10.EL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0117
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 vixie-cron 4.1-36.EL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 vixie-cron 4.1-36.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:361
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 vixie-cron 4.1-10.EL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0117
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 vixie-cron 4.1-36.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:361
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 vixie-cron 4.1-10.EL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0117
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 vixie-cron 4.1-36.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:361

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/395093 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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