CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0138

7.2 HIGH Published 1996-06-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1996-06-26
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

Affected configurations

• apple a ux 3.1.1 • digital osf 1 1.3 • freebsd freebsd 2.0 • freebsd freebsd 2.0.5 • freebsd freebsd 2.1.0 • hp hp-ux 8 • hp hp-ux 9 • hp hp-ux 10 • ibm aix 3.2.5 • ibm aix 4 • linux linux kernel 1.2.0 • linux linux kernel 2.0 • nec asl ux 4800 • nec ews-ux v 4.2 • nec ews-ux v 4.2mp • nec up-ux v 4.2mp

References