perl-Module-Signature: arbitrary code execution when verifying module signatures
Published May 19, 2015
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.62%
Description
Module::Signature before 0.74 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted SIGNATURE file which is not properly handled when generating checksums from a signed manifest.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 0.73
Configuration 2
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
- 15.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
perl-Module-Signature
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | perl-Module-Signature | Will not fix | n/a |
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.62% (0.05618) | 92.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.66% (0.05658) | 91.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 25, 2025 | 3.93% (0.03926) | 87.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 18, 2025 | 5.79% (0.05790) | 90.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.69% (0.03690) | 86.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.16% (0.08162) | 86.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.69% (0.03690) | 87.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.91% (0.01910) | 89.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 87.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 85.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2607-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3261 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/17 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3408 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209917 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/audreyt/module-signature/commit/8a9164596fa5952d4fbcde5aa1c7d1c7bc85372f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Module-Signature x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3408
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3408
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2607-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3261 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/17 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3408 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209917 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/audreyt/module-signature/commit/8a9164596fa5952d4fbcde5aa1c7d1c7bc85372f | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Module-Signature | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3408 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3408 |
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