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CVE-2002-0542
published 2002-07-03

CVE-2002-0542: mail in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 processes a tilde (~) escape character in a message even when it is not in interactive mode, which could allow local users to gain…

PriorityP425high7.2CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
1.53%
71.7th percentile
mail in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 processes a tilde (~) escape character in a message even when it is not in interactive mode, which could allow local users to gain root privileges via calls to mail in cron.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
openbsdopenbsd
openbsdopenbsd
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