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CVE-2016-6185

high

Description

The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628

https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-7119

http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-08-02

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00787