VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-4278

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-12-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

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