CVEs-PoC/2001/CVE-2001-0559.md

### [CVE-2001-0559](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0559)
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### Description

crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/c-skills/CVEs