CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0462

7.2 HIGH Published 1999-03-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-03-17
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

suidperl in Linux Perl does not check the nosuid mount option on file systems, allowing local users to gain root access by placing a setuid script in a mountable file system, e.g. a CD-ROM or floppy disk.

Affected configurations

• suse suse linux 5.3

References