CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-5377

Published: Oct 11, 2012 | Modified: Mar 02, 2013
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in ActivePerl 5.16.1.1601, when installed in the top-level C: directory, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:PerlSitebin directory, which is added to the PATH system environment variable, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse wlbsctrl.dll file used by the IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules system service in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 Release Preview.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Activeperl Activestate 5.16.1.1601 5.16.1.1601

References