CVE-2000-0972

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

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Published

Dec 19, 2000 (Dec 19, 2000)

Modified

Sep 23, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: hp
Products: hp-ux
Weakness: CWE-59
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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