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CVE-2016-6185

Date: August 2, 2016

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.

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Related Resources (19)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6185
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6185
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6185
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6185
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6185

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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