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.
References
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2000-10-19 21:00
Updated : 2008-09-10 12:05
NVD link : CVE-2000-0703
Mitre link : CVE-2000-0703
JSON object : View
CWE
Products Affected
larry_wall
- perl