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CVE-2012-5377
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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:\Perl\Site\bin 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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 6/10
- Exploit Score
- 1.5/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- High
- Authentication Required
- Single
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.16.1.1601:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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