Vulnerability in Larry Wall Perl
CVE-2000-0703
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Larry Wall Perl — versions 5.4.5, 5.5, 5.5.3
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt (Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, Patch)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html (vendor-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2000-0703?
- CVE-2000-0703 is a vulnerability in Larry Wall Perl. Published 2000-10-20.
- Is CVE-2000-0703 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.