CVE-2005-4217

Description

Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 does not properly drop privileges when using the "$<" variable to set uid, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15833

http://www.osvdb.org/21800

http://secunia.com/advisories/19064

http://secunia.com/advisories/17922

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3