{"action":"Upgrade cronic to 3-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"3-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"cronic","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["3-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NBJZ2BA39QK1SD0PJ47907","modified_at":"2026-09-22T07:00:47.464097312Z","published_at":"2016-07-26T17:59:01.577Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3992"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":6.2},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992"}],"summary":"cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp."}