CVE-2000-0703
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%
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.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| larry_wall | perl | 5.4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
References
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html
www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547
www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%