CVE-2016-6185

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
02/08/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.23.0 (including) 5.24.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.25.0 (including) 5.25.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*


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