CVE-1999-0138

suidperl/sperl - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 21.8%

Status draft

apple/a_ux

digital/osf_1

freebsd/freebsd

hp/hp-ux

ibm/aix

linux/linux_kernel

nec/asl_ux_4800

nec/ews-ux_v

... and 1 more

Published Jun 26, 1996

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026