CVE-2005-4278

high

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120

http://www.osvdb.org/20086

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/55314

http://secunia.com/advisories/17232

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-16

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H