CVE-1999-0138

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 28 years ago

1996-06-26 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-09 12:33:00

Affected Software

Apple A/UX 3.1.1

3.1.1

FreeBSD 2.0

2.0

FreeBSD 2.0.5

2.0.5

FreeBSD 2.1.0

2.1.0

HP HP-UX 8

8

HP HP-UX 9

9

HP HP-UX 10

10

IBM AIX 3.2.5

3.2.5

IBM AIX 4

4

Linux Kernel 1.2

1.2.0

NEC UX_4800

NEC UP-UX_V 4.2MP

4.2mp

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