CVE-1999-0138

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1996-06-26 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0138, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0138

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C