CVE-2005-4278

N/A Unknown
Published: December 16, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17232
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/20086
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/17232
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/20086
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
23th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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