CVE-2002-0542 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.5% (pctl 74)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 1.53% — more likely to be exploited than 74% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-07-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| openbsd | openbsd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | OpenBSD 2.9/3.0 - Default Crontab Root Command Injection | 2002-04-11 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail
- http://www.osvdb.org/5269
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail
- http://www.osvdb.org/5269
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495
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