CVE-2002-0542

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.

Scoring

CVSS base score
0.03
EPSS probability
0.68%
Published
2003-04-02
Last modified
2026-03-16

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