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TI-2011-00926 Aliases CVE-2011-1073GHSA-cjp2-4rww-387p

crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine…

Priority LOW 11CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-59 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file and (2) perform MD5 checksum comparisons on arbitrary pairs of files via two symlink attacks on /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00438 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableFreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·FreeBSD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-1073
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cjp2-4rww-387p

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 1

Sources

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