VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.70%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.70% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/a ux · digital/osf 1 · freebsd/freebsd · hp/hp-ux · ibm/aix · linux/linux kernel · nec/asl ux 4800 · nec/ews-ux v · nec/up-ux v
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.