Vulnerability CVE-2005-4278
Published: 2005-12-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Larry wall -> PERL 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119
http://www.osvdb.org/20086
http://secunia.com/advisories/17232
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