Security Advisory
CVE-2000-0703
7.2
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
October 20, 2000
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory