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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

1996-06-26

Last modified

2024-08-01

Affected products

• A Ux (Apple)
• Osf 1 (Digital)
• Freebsd (Freebsd)
• Hp-ux (Hp)
• Aix (Ibm)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Asl Ux 4800 (Nec)
• Ews-ux V (Nec)
• Up-ux V (Nec)

References

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