CVE-2002-0542
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-04-02 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 02:56
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/5269
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
n/an/a
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