CVE-2005-0155

Setuid perl - 'PerlIO_Debug()' Root Owned File Creation Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to create arbitrary files via the PERLIO_DEBUG variable.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-01-27 CVE Reserved
2005-02-07 CVE Published
2005-02-07 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737149402683&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110779723332339&w=2	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/14120	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21646	Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-163.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0131a%5D.txt	X_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19207	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10404	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/792	2005-02-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12426	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml	2023-11-07
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html	2023-11-07
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html	2023-11-07
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056	2023-11-07
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml	2023-11-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0155	2005-02-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617476	2005-02-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.0 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.0"		-		Affected