CVE-2005-4217: 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.

PriorityP432high7.5CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCPIPAP

EPSS

2.74%

84.6th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x_server	—	—
debian	perl	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_debian7.5LOW

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