Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Perl on Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Perl on Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9

CVE-2005-4217 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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