CVE-2002-0542 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

mail in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 processes a tilde (~) escape character in a message even when it is not in interactive mode, which could allow local users to gain root privileges via calls to mail in cron.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0537	mail in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 processes a tilde (~) escape character in a message even when it is not in interactive mode, which could allow local users to gain root privileges via calls to mail in cron.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00678.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php
http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail
http://www.osvdb.org/5269
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495

History

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Subscriptions

Openbsd Openbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:37.079Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0542

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-07-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0542

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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