CVE-2002-0542

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

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

Type

OpenBSD

First reported 22 years ago

2002-07-03 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:20:00

Affected Software

OpenBSD 2.9

2.9

OpenBSD 3.0

3.0

References

20020411 OpenBSD Local Root Compromise

20020411 local root compromise in openbsd 3.0 and below

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

openbsd-mail-root-privileges(8818)

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail

5269

4495

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

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