{
  "cveId": "CVE-2017-9525",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9525",
  "summary": "CVE-2017-9525 is fixed in cron on 1 platform by cron 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.2 (version 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.2), released June 9, 2017. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "cron: In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer sc...",
  "description": "In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.",
  "published": "2017-06-09T09:29:00Z",
  "severity": "Low",
  "epss": 0.00551,
  "epssPercentile": 0.46268,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "cron",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.2",
      "fix": "cron 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.2",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-cron-3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.2",
      "released": "2017-06-09T09:29:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-07T06:34:28Z"
}