CVE-2012-5377
Published Oct 11, 2012
Last updated 12 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in ActivePerl 5.16.1.1601, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\Perl\Site\bin directory, which is added to the PATH system environment variable, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse wlbsctrl.dll file used by the "IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules" system service in Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 Release Preview.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 1.5
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Evaluator
- Comment
- Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path'
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:5.16.1.1601:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "3685A5F5-04A0-4ADD-9088-31C67E3BB824"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]