| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2002-0542 (CCN-8818) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2002-04-11 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2002-04-11 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2016-10-18 | ||||||||
| Summary: | 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. | ||||||||
| 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)
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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)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Apr 11 2002 - 06:29:28 CDT local root compromise in openbsd 3.0 and below Source: CCN Type: ZOOM International Security Advisory April 11, 2002 OpenBSD local root compromise Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2002-0542 Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 20020411 OpenBSD Local Root Compromise Source: BUGTRAQ Type: Exploit, Vendor Advisory 20020411 local root compromise in openbsd 3.0 and below Source: XF Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory openbsd-mail-root-privileges(8818) Source: CCN Type: OpenBSD Web site OpenBSD v. 3.0 Source: CCN Type: OpenBSD Security Advisory, April 11, 2002 mail(1) will process tilde escapes even in non-interactive mode. This can lead to a root compromise. Source: CONFIRM Type: UNKNOWN http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail Source: OSVDB Type: UNKNOWN 5269 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 5269 OpenBSD mail Escape Character Privilege Escalation Source: BID Type: Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory 4495 Source: CCN Type: BID-4495 OpenBSD Default Crontab root Compromise Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN openbsd-mail-root-privileges(8818) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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