CVE-1999-0138

suidperl/sperl - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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