CVE-2000-0579

Low CVSS 3.7

Published 2000-06-21 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0579, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

IRIX crontab creates temporary files with predictable file names and with the umask of the user, which could allow local users to modify another user's crontab file as it is being edited.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0579

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P