CVE-2005-0155 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Perl 5.8.0, specifically when installed with setuid support (sperl), allowing local users to create arbitrary files through the PERLIO_DEBUG variable. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity, with an attack vector requiring local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the CISA KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-792) exists for this issue, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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