ID CVE-2000-0703
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.2 (as of 10-09-2008 - 19:05)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
COMPLETE COMPLETE COMPLETE
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
redhat via4
advisories
rhsa
id RHSA-2000:048
refmap via4
bid 1547
bugtraq
  • 20000805 sperl 5.00503 (and newer ;) exploit
  • 20000808 MDKSA-2000:031 perl update
  • 20000810 Conectiva Linux security announcemente - PERL
  • 20000814 Trustix Security Advisory - perl and mailx
caldera CSSA-2000-026.0
debian 20000810
suse 20000810 Security Hole in perl, all versions
turbo TLSA2000018-1
xf perl-shell-escape
Last major update 10-09-2008 - 19:05
Published 20-10-2000 - 04:00
Last modified 10-09-2008 - 19:05
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