CVE-2005-4278

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-12-16 CVE Reserved
2005-12-16 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/20086	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml	2013-10-24
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120	2013-10-24

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/17232	2013-10-24

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"				<= 5.8.6 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version " <= 5.8.6"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.3 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.3"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.4 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.4"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.4.5 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.4.5"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.5 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.5"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.5.3 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.5.3"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.6.1 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.6.1"		-		Affected
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
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.1 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.1"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.3 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.3"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.4 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.4"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.4.1 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.4.1"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.4.2 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.4.2"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.4.2.3 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.4.2.3"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.4.3 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.4.3"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.4.4 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.4.4"		-		Affected
Larry Wall Search vendor "Larry Wall"		Perl Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl"				5.8.4.5 Search vendor "Larry Wall" for product "Perl" and version "5.8.4.5"		-		Affected