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CVE-1999-0769· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.

HighCVSS 7.2 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Aug 25, 1999
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.8% · 55th percentile
CWE
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Action score

28

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.8%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
paul vixievixie cron
calderaopenlinux
debiandebian linux
redhatlinux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • caldera openlinux2.2
  • debian debian linux2.1
  • debian debian linux2.2
  • paul vixie vixie cron3.0_pl1
  • redhat linux4.0
  • redhat linux4.1
  • redhat linux4.2
  • redhat linux5.0
  • redhat linux5.1
  • redhat linux5.2
  • redhat linux6.0

Same product

paul vixie: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2006-2607do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root priv
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2001-0559crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could
    28Monitor
  • CVE-1999-0872Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.
    28Monitor
  • CVE-1999-0297Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2001-0560Buffer overflow in Vixie cron 3.0.1-56 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long username (> 20 char
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2000-1096crontab by Paul Vixie uses predictable file names for a temporary file and does not properly ensure that the file is owned by the user execu
    14Monitor

Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrylocal1999-08-25

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. First PoCsame day
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+9899 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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