{
    "id": "CVE-2002-0542",
    "published": "2002-07-03 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:57:38",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01532",
    "epss_percentile": "0.74088",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:02",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "openbsd",
            "product": "openbsd"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21373",
            "title": "OpenBSD 2.9/3.0 - Default Crontab Root Command Injection",
            "date": "2002-04-11",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21373"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}