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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.

  • Published: Dec 14, 2005
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2005-4217
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.3.9 10.3.9.x