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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0537 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:37.079Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0542

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-07-03T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0542

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