CVE-2000-0312
highcron in OpenBSD 2.5 allows local users to gain root privileges via an argv[] that is not NULL terminated, which is passed to cron's fake popen function.
Vendor / product: Openbsd — openbsd
cron in OpenBSD 2.5 allows local users to gain root privileges via an argv[] that is not NULL terminated, which is passed to cron's fake popen function.
CVSS
7.2
7.2 (CVSS v2.0)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Severity source: NVD CVSS v2.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2001-03-12 05:00
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
openbsd / openbsd 2.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
NVD-CWE-Other
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: http://www.openbsd.org/errata25.html#cron
Patch / mitigation: http://www.openbsd.org/errata25.html#cron
References
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata25.html#cron cve@mitre.org
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata25.html#cron af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC · record ↗