Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 3, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0542

Description

mail in OpenBSD 2.9 and 3.0 processes a tilde (~) escape character in a message even when it is not in interactive mode, which could allow local users to gain root privileges via calls to mail in cron.

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Affected products

OpenBSD/OpenBSD2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Mail Project/Mailllm-fuzzy
Range: 2.9, 3.0

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References

www.iss.net/security_center/static/8818.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/267089nvdExploitVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/4495nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
marc.infonvd
www.openbsd.org/errata30.htmlnvd
www.osvdb.org/5269nvd

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