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.
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | N/A | n/a |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_TURBO |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt | vendor-advisory x_refsource_CALDERA |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html | mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html | mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html | mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html | mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_TURBO x_transferred |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred |
| http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt | vendor-advisory x_refsource_CALDERA x_transferred |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html | mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html | mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html | mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html | mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred |