security flaw
Published Oct 13, 2000
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.07%
Description
suidperl (aka sperl) does not properly cleanse the escape sequence "~!" before calling /bin/mail to send an error report, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the "interactive" environmental variable and calling suidperl with a filename that contains the escape sequence.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.4.5
- 5.5
- 5.5.3
- 5.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 5.0 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07) - Red Hat Linux 5.1 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07) - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07) - Red Hat Linux 6.0 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07) - Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:048 (2000-08-07)
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.07% (0.01070) | 63.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.11% (0.01112) | 61.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.29% (0.00295) | 50.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBO
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0703 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616504 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0703
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0703
Change history (0)
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