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CVE-2005-4217

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2005-12-14 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Apple Mac Os X Server

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References