CVE-2000-0703

Exp

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.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0703 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.11%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0703

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20142 exploit_db edb 2000-08-07 Exploit-DB ↗
20141 exploit_db edb 2000-08-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0703

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.25% 1.11% +0.86%
2 2026-01-15 0.29% 0.25% -0.05%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.29% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0703

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0703

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-0703

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0703

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0703

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
larry_wall perl 5.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0703

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