Description
The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0138
Scores
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
53.7%
Details
Status
published
Products (16)
apple/a_ux
3.1.1
digital/osf_1
1.3
freebsd/freebsd
2.0
freebsd/freebsd
2.0.5
freebsd/freebsd
2.1.0
hp/hp-ux
8
hp/hp-ux
9
hp/hp-ux
10
ibm/aix
3.2.5
ibm/aix
4
... and 6 more
Published
Jun 26, 1996
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026