CVE-1999-0138

high

Description

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

References

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1996-06-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00073