CVE-2000-0703

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Summary

CVECVE-2000-0703
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-10-20 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionsuidperl (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.4.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.5.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
404 Page Not Found | SUSE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.calderasystems.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
SuidPerl Mail Shell Escape Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
[TL-Security-Announce] perl TLSA2000018-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.turbolinux.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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