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CVE-2005-4278
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.
Published: Dec 16, 2005
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CVSS Metrics
Affected Products (17)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| larry_wall | perl | * |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.3 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.4 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.4.5 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.5 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.5.3 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.6.1 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.0 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.1 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.3 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.4 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.4.1 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.4.2 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.4.2.3 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.4.3 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.4.4 |
| larry_wall | perl | 5.8.4.5 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-f2ph-fm4w-vfqw
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in...
References (12)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17232 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/20086
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17232 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml Patch
- http://www.osvdb.org/20086
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
7.2 / 10
EPSS Score
0.40%
Top 67% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
28.9 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
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