CVE-1999-0138

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0138

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:a_ux:3.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:1.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:nec:asl_ux_4800::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:nec:ews-ux_v:4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:nec:ews-ux_v:4.2mp:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:nec:up-ux_v:4.2mp:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 1996-06-26 04:00

Updated : 2022-08-17 07:15

NVD link : CVE-1999-0138

Mitre link : CVE-1999-0138

CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-0138

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nec

asl_ux_4800
ews-ux_v
up-ux_v

ibm

freebsd

freebsd

digital

osf_1

apple

a_ux

hp-ux

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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