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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2 | |
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail | |
http://www.osvdb.org/5269 | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00
Updated: 2002-06-15T09:00:00
Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2002-0542
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2002-07-03T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2016-10-18T02:20:33.870
Link: CVE-2002-0542
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE