| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-1999-0138 (CCN-429) |
| Assigned: | 1996-06-26 |
| Published: | 1996-06-26 |
| Updated: | 2022-08-17 |
| Summary: | The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.
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| CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)| Exploitability Metrics: | Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None | | Scope: | Scope (S): Changed
| | Impact Metrics: | Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High |
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)| Exploitability Metrics: | Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None | | Impact Metrics: | Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete |
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)| Exploitability Metrics: | Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
| | Impact Metrics: | Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete |
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other
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| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges |
| References: | Source: CCN
Type: Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory SA-96.02
Vulnerability of Perl suidperl program
Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-0138
Source: CCN
Type: CERT Advisory CA-1996-12
Vulnerability in suidperl
Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 10871
Perl suidperl UID Change Failure Privilege Escalation
Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
sperl-suid(429)
Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0138
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| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1:
cpe:/o:ibm:aix:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:nec:ews-ux_v:4.2mp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:digital:osf_1:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:nec:ews-ux_v:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:nec:asl_ux_4800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:apple:a_ux:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:nec:up-ux_v:4.2mp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration CCN 1:
cpe:/a:caldera:network_desktop:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*AND cpe:/a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 Denotes that component is vulnerable |
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