CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-2856

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2006-06-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2006-06-06
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• activestate activeperl 5.8.8.817

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20328 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/25974 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18269 www.securityfocus.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2140 www.vupen.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26915 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/20328 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/25974 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18269 www.securityfocus.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2140 www.vupen.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26915 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com