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Vulnerability record · CVE-2000-0703 · published 20 October 2000

CVE-2000-0703: Larry wall perl vulnerability

LLarry Wall · Perl

suidperl (aka sperl) does not properly cleanse the escape sequence "~!" before calling /bin/mail to send an error report, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the "interactive" environmental variable and calling suidperl with a filename that contains the escape sequence.

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 1.1% · top 36.5%
7.2CVSS 2.0 base score
1.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

suidperl (aka sperl) does not properly cleanse the escape sequence "~!" before calling /bin/mail to send an error report, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the "interactive" environmental variable and calling suidperl with a filename that contains the escape sequence.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html ExploitVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html ExploitVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0086.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0113.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0153.html
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-026.0.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_59.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-048.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-August/000017.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2000-0703), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.