CVE-2002-0542 - mail in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 processes a tilde (~) escape character in a message even when it is not

CVE-2002-0542

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.2 (as of 18-10-2016 - 02:20)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

bid	4495
bugtraq	20020411 OpenBSD Local Root Compromise 20020411 local root compromise in openbsd 3.0 and below
confirm	http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail
osvdb	5269
xf	openbsd-mail-root-privileges(8818)

Last major update

18-10-2016 - 02:20

Published

03-07-2002 - 04:00

Last modified

18-10-2016 - 02:20