Vulnerability Details CVE-2005-4217
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.014
EPSS Ranking 79.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17922
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
- http://www.osvdb.org/21800
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15833
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17922
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
- http://www.osvdb.org/21800
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15833
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561
Products affected by CVE-2005-4217
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9