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CVE-2000-0703
published 2000-10-20

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…

PriorityP423high7.2CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
1.11%
61.9th percentile
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

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
googlechrome_chrome
larry_wallperl
larry_wallperl
larry_wallperl
larry_wallperl

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_redhat7.2HIGH
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