CVE-1999-0138 — The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access

Published Sep 29, 1999

No CVSS score

EPSS 0.70%

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

No remediation recorded yet.

0.70% 0.00697

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00697

2022–2026

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.70% (0.00697)	51.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.70% (0.00703)	48.24th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00073)	19.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	11.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 27, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	9.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	7.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00047)	14.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Aug 17, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0138		x_refsource_MISC

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 29, 1999

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Jun 7, 1999

Updated n/a

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Severity n/a

Public date n/a