CVE-2016-6185

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 02 Aug 2016, 14:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 01:22

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.24% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Aug 2016, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 01:22
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.24%• Percentile: 48%

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04 | 17.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    22 | 23 | 24

  • Unknown•Solaris

    10 | 11.3

  • perl•perl

    ≥ 5.23.0, < 5.24.1 | ≥ 5.25.0, < 5.25.3

References (14)