CVE-2012-5377

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in ActivePerl 5.16.1.1601, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, allows local…

published October 11, 2012

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
69.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01267 · 69.4th percentile
Published
2012-10-11T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 OCT 10:00Z
    Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in ActivePerl 5.16.1.1601, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, allows local…
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