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CVE-2016-6185

Published: Aug 02, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
7.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6185
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PerlPerl5.23.0 (including)5.24.1 (excluding)
PerlPerl5.25.0 (including)5.25.3 (excluding)
PerlUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
PerlUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
PerlUbuntuprecise*
PerlUbuntutrusty*
PerlUbuntutrusty/esm*
PerlUbuntuupstream*
PerlUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
PerlUbuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
PerlUbuntuwily*
PerlUbuntuxenial*

References

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