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CVE-2006-2856

ActiveState ActivePerl 5.8.8.817 for Windows configures the site/lib directory with "Users" group permissions for changing files, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a malicious sitecustomize.pl file in that directory. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published

2006-06-06T20:06:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	activestate	activeperl	5.8.8.817	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20328 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/25974 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18269 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2140 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26915 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/20328 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/25974 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18269 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2140 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26915 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)