Description
suidperl (aka sperl) does not properly cleanse the escape sequence "~!" before calling /bin/mail to send an error report, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the "interactive" environmental variable and calling suidperl with a filename that contains the escape sequence.
Published: 2000-10-13
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0699 suidperl (aka sperl) does not properly cleanse the escape sequence "~!" before calling /bin/mail to send an error report, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the "interactive" environmental variable and calling suidperl with a filename that contains the escape sequence.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:41.432Z

Reserved: 2000-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0703

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-10-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0703

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-08-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-0703 - Bugzilla

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