CVE-2002-0542

OpenBSD 2.9/3.0 - Default Crontab Root Command Injection

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2002-04-11 First Exploit
2002-06-07 CVE Reserved
2002-07-03 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101855467811695&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.openbsd.org/errata30.html#mail	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.osvdb.org/5269	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21373	2002-04-11
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089	2024-08-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.php	2016-10-18

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				2.9 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "2.9"		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				3.0 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "3.0"		-		Affected