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CVE-2005-4278

UNKNOWN
7.2CVSS
Published: 2005-12-16
Updated: 2025-04-03
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Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector
local
Access Cmplx
low
Auth
none
Confidentiality
complete
Integrity
complete
Availability
complete
Weaknesses
NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor
LARRY_WALL
Published
12/16/2005
Last Modified
4/3/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

larry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perllarry_wall : perl

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