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CVE-2005-4217

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-12-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 does not properly drop privileges when using the "

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