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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

2002-07-03T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	openbsd	openbsd	2.9	Yes
Operating System	openbsd	openbsd	3.0	Yes

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2 ([email protected])
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089 Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/5269 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089 Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/5269 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)