Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X Server
CVE-2005-4217
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.3.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/21800 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/19064 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15833 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17922 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)