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CVE-2000-0703

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2000-10-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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 Platforms

Larry Wall Perl

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References