CVE-2005-4217 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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: 2005-12-14

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4212	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01398.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17922
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
http://www.osvdb.org/21800
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15833
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-14T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:38:51.404Z

Reserved: 2005-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4217

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-14T11:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4217

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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