CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0138

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.70%

48th percentile - higher than 48% of all known CVEs

Summary

The suidperl and sperl programs do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to the system with root privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update or configure the suidperl and sperl programs to ensure they relinquish root privileges after changing UIDs.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS