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CVE-2005-4278

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2005-12-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

Affected Platforms

Larry Wall Perl

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References