VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-0138

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1996-06-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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

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