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CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
1.07%
Published
Oct 20, 2000
Modified
Jun 16, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (3)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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 (4)
References (18)