CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-0542
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-07-03
- 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
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.
Affected configurations
• openbsd openbsd 2.9
• openbsd openbsd 3.0
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences weakness
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2 marc.info
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail www.openbsd.org
- http://www.osvdb.org/5269 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2 marc.info
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail www.openbsd.org
- http://www.osvdb.org/5269 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory