Vulnerability Details CVE-2000-0703
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 53.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html
Products affected by CVE-2000-0703
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cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6