CPANSA-ActivePerl-2012-5377: ActivePerl vulnerability
Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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Initial release date | 2012-10-11T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25 |
Current release date | 2012-10-11T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
Current version | 1 | Status | final |
CVSS v3.1 Base Score | Severity | ||
Original language | Language | en | |
Also referred to |
Vulnerability 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.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2012-5377
Vulnerability DescriptionUntrusted 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.
Product status
Known affected
Product | Score | ||||||||
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ActivePerl equal 5.16.1.1601 |
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giterlizzi
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gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-ActivePerl-2012-5377 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2012/cpansa-activeperl-2012-5377.json - https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23108 external
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23108 - http://osvdb.org/86177 external
http://osvdb.org/86177 - CVE-2012-5377 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5377
Revision history
Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
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1 | Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 2012 | First release |
Sharing rules
TLP:WHITE
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