# CVE-2010-0792: fcrontab in fcron before 3.0.5 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-03-05 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

fcrontab in fcron before 3.0.5 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0730
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39195
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038150.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509873/100/0/threaded
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023677
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56680
- http://www.osvdb.org/62718
- http://fcron.free.fr/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Mar/97
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38796
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38531

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