CVE-2002-0542

high

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.

References

http://www.osvdb.org/5269

http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-07-03

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: 7.8

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