CVE-2000-0703 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by exploiting improper input sanitization in suidperl when sending error reports via /bin/mail.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0703?
CVE-2000-0703 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0703?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Larry Wall Perl.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0703?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0703 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2000-0703 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0703 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fwmf-9cw3-w3x3.