CVE-2000-0703 (GCVE-0-2000-0703)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-10-13 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:28
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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