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CVE-2002-0542

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2002-07-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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 Platforms

Openbsd Openbsd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References