Vulnerability in OpenBSD
CVE-2002-0542
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.
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: 0.015 (73.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- OpenBSD — versions 2.9, 3.0
References
- www.openbsd.org/errata30.html
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.osvdb.org/5269 (vdb-entry)