CVE-2000-0703

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.

Date published : 2000-10-13

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1547

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0022.html