CVE-2002-0542
N/A
Published: April 2, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
mail in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 processes a tilde (~) escape character in a message even when it is not in interactive mode, which could allow local users to gain root privileges via calls to mail in cron.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089VDB Entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.phpVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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