HIGH
Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 does not properly drop privileges when using the "$<" variable to set uid, which allows attackers to gain privileges
Published Dec 14, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.74%
Description
Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 does not properly drop privileges when using the "$<" variable to set uid, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.3.9
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.74% 0.02736
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02736
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.74% (0.02736) | 85.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.74% (0.02736) | 84.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.40% (0.01398) | 78.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.61% (0.02610) | 76.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.40% (0.01398) | 79.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.90% (0.04897) | 92.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.78% (0.01782) | 88.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2023 | 2.14% (0.02143) | 87.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.52% (0.01522) | 84.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17922 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19064 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/21800 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15833 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17922 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19064 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/21800 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15833 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2869 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23561 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 14, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 14, 2005
Link CVE-2005-4217
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a