CVE-1999-0138High· 7.2▾ TwilightThe suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 39.6 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 4.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.7%
The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.
Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.