perl-Module-Signature: arbitrary modules loading in some circumstances
Published May 19, 2015
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.41%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Module::Signature before 0.75 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse Text::Diff module.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 0.74
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:L/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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00414) | 33.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00414) | 32.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00123) | 28.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73937 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3409 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209918 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/audreyt/module-signature/commit/c41e8885b862b9fce2719449bc9336f0bea658ef x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Module-Signature x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3409
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3409
| 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 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73937 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3409 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209918 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/audreyt/module-signature/commit/c41e8885b862b9fce2719449bc9336f0bea658ef | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Module-Signature | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3409 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3409 |
Change history (0)
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