CVE-2002-0542

UNKNOWN

mail in OpenBSD 2

Published Apr 2, 2003

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2

WEB

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089

WEB

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php

WEB

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

WEB

http://www.osvdb.org/5269

WEB

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0542

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

7.2

Exploitability

Access Vector

LocalAV:L

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

CompleteC:C

Integrity

CompleteI:C

Availability

CompleteA:C

7.2/AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedApr 2, 2003

ModifiedAug 8, 2024

CVE-2002-0542 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence